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Monterosso al Mare is the largest village of the Cinque Terre and also the first to be documented (1056).
Consisting of two districts, the old village and Fegina, the more touristy part, Monterosso al Mare also boasts important monuments. Amongst these the XIV century church of San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist), in front of which rose the Medieval Palazzo del Podestà, of which some traces remain. Of great importance, on the colle dei (hills of) Cappuccini, the castello dei Fieschi (the castle of Fieschi) and the monastero (monastry) whose church is San Francesco (St. Francis), contains works of art of unestimable value amongst which pictures attributed to Van Dick, Cambiaso, Piola and Guido Reni.
Villa Montale can be found at Fegina, where the Nobel prize winner for Literature stayed and the Gigante (Giant), imposing statue in reinforced cement built at the beginning of 1900 which originally held up a terrace in the shape of a shell.
Useful numbers:
Municipality +39 0187 817525
Proloco +39 0187 817506
The Cinque Terre Park +39 0187 817059
Railway Station +39 0187 817360
Taxi: Taxi Driver +39 335 6165845 / Speedy Taxi +39 335 6165842 / Taxi Libero +39 335 6280933
Porter +39 333 4279309
Police +39 0187 817524
Levanto Hospital +39 0187 800409
Pharmacy+39 0187 818391



