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Monterosso colours


Monterosso colours
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Copyright: Franco Degani (degani) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 176 W: 0 N: 251] (2264)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-04
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-08-24 12:58
Viewed: 263
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This picture i dedicated to my friends from Portugal, Teresa and José, thak you and have a habby birthday and holiday.

Monterosso al Mare is a town and commune in the province of La Spezia, part of the region of Liguria (northern Italy). It is one of the five villages in Cinque Terre. The town is divided into two distinct parts: the old town and the new town. The two areas are divided by a single tunnel that caters to pedestrians and the very few cars in the town.
The beach at Monterosso runs along most of the coast line and is well used by tourists and locals. The beach is the only extensive sand beach in the Cinque Terre. Monterosso is a small town that in the summer months is overrun by tourists.
Historically, many of the villages on the Mediterranean were walled to protect against attacks from the sea. This area of the coast was often attacked by Muslim pirates and Vikings. Viking influence can still be seen in the occasional fair-skinned, red-headed children of the native villagers in the region.
Originally, the village was only accessible by sea or by mule paths that connected the villages of the Cinque Terre as well as to Via Roma, the main road that connected all of Italy to Rome. These mule paths have been maintained and used over the centuries and now provide hikers with a more intimate view of the sea-swept Cinque Terre. The area was recently designated as part of the national park system and is considered a protected area, to the effect of limited development and resource usage. The Cinque Terre hiking trails have been taken over by the national park system and there is now a fee to hike on all portions of the trail.

The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium.
In 1997 the area of Cinque Terre have been inscripted in the World Heritage of Unesco.
The justification for inscription is the following:
"The Committee decided to inscribe this site on the basis of criteria (ii), (iv) and (v), considering that the eastern Ligurian Riviera between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural site of outstanding value, representing the harmonious interaction between people and nature to produce a landscape of exceptional scenic quality that illustrates a traditional way of life that has existed for a thousand years and continues to play an important socio-economic role in the life of the community".
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poichè non sono andato vedere questa così spiaggia di exotica quando ero là? né saggio che existia è preziosa

boa tarde franco,
I colori degli ombrelloni sono allegrissimi ma fuoi stagione , nella pace della primaveera , magari in un weekend non "di ponte" è davvero una gioia infinita, di quelle silenziose che piacciono a te
ti penseremo dalle vacanze
ciao
a

Bel POV con le curve degli ombrelloni a fondrsi con la linea del mare. Ottimi colori,

Roberto

Very interesting photo. Looks like a very busy beach. I like the variety of all of the umbrellas against the blue sea.

Nice pov.

thanks for sharing, Lisa

Boa noite Franco
So nice to have you back.
we have you in mind all the time dear franco. You may be sure.
Thanks for the wonderful photo and note and for the dedication.You are a jedi. You will be with us.always.
My regards
Teresat

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 542 W: 31 N: 50] (6656)
  • [2008-08-24 19:05]

dear Franco,
a wonderful summer view!
blue sea and cool clif are so beautiful,
and parasols are very interesting, if we look down them from high above the sky, they must look mysterious objects on the shore. (do you see there by google-earth?)
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa

Bonjour Franco,
Belle prise de vue de cette plage, nicely composed and presented with great colors and sharp picture, beautiful beach and lovely place, a real Post Card.
very well done.
Ciao
Michel

Ciao Franco, piacere di rivedere una tua foto, splendide queste spiaggette della Liguria, prima o poi devo andarci, ottima composizione bravo, ciao Silvio

Ciao Franco


Ah!..... the Summer is Magic!
that beautiful postcard of this place,
the colors, the sea the parasol, everything smells to summer!
That visual and big beautiful compo my friend...
Congratulations.

Sérgio

Hi Franco,
Is wonderful have you back.
Thank you my friend for the beautiful dedication on this photo with an amazing sea, a great depht, and a wonderful compo.
Degani is back, and that is what metter; saúde! mb

Ciao FRANCO,
Nyce POV, light and contrast on your image but special from that beach part. I hoppe some day to visit ITALY ( only few minutes from SWTZERLAND).
MY GRATITUDE,
Iulian

Hi dear friend,
nice summer mood in it.
Best wishes,
Ioana
:) soon

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