Portofino
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Liguria | |
| Metropolitan city | Genoa (GE) | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 18 ' N , 9 ° 12' E | |
| height | 3 m slm | |
| surface | 2 km² | |
| Residents | 377 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 189 inhabitants / km² | |
| Factions | San Sebastiano | |
| Post Code | 16034 | |
| prefix | 0185 | |
| ISTAT number | 010044 | |
| Popular name | Portofinesi | |
| Patron saint | Saint George | |
| Website | www.comune.portofino.genova.it | |
Portofino ( Ligurian Portofin , Latin Portus Delphini ) is an Italian municipality with 377 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) east of Genoa in Liguria . At two square kilometers, its territory is the smallest in the metropolitan city of Genoa .
geography
Portofino is located in the western section of the Golfo del Tigullio on a bay on the peninsula of the same name. The municipality is about 36 kilometers away from the regional capital Genoa . The Portofino peninsula represents the geographical dividing line between the Gulf of Tigullio and the Golfo Paradiso .
The neighboring municipalities of Portofino are Camogli and Santa Margherita Ligure . With these two municipalities, Portofino manages the Portofino Marine Protected Area in which it is located. The community is also part of the Portofino Natural Park .
The exposed scenic location of the natural harbor has made the place world famous, not least because of the influx of celebrities. As a result, the tourist infrastructure regularly reaches its limits.
history
Early history
According to Pliny the Elder , the place was founded by the Roman Empire under the name Portus Delphini (Dolphin Harbor). The original name probably refers to the widespread distribution of these marine mammals in the Tigullio Gulf. The fishing village is mentioned in a document from 986 in which Adelheid of Burgundy , the wife of Lothar II , donated the community to the nearby Abbey of San Fruttuoso . Today the abbey is under the administration of Camogli.
middle Ages
In 1171 the small village was placed under the administrative sovereignty of Rapallo , together with the nearby town of Santa Margherita Ligure . From 1229 Portofino, like the entire territory of Rapallo, became part of the Republic of Genoa . This enabled the Genoese merchant ships to use the protected natural harbor of the place as a refuge.
1409 Portofino was by the French King Charles VI. sold to Florence . A short time later, however, the unpopular regent was driven from Genoa and the town was returned to Genoa. In the further 15th century the administration changed from the Fregosi family to the Spinola , Fieschi , Adorno and Doria families . In 1608 Portofino was subordinated to the Port Authority of Rapallo.
Modern times
In 1815, following the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815), the municipality passed over to the Kingdom of Sardinia together with the other municipalities of the Republic of Genoa . In 1861 Portofino was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy . During the Second World War , 20 partisans were shot by fascist soldiers in the nearby town of Olivetta . The shooting, which took place on the night of December 2nd to 3rd, 1944, was carried out on the orders of the Genoa Police Chief Friedrich Engel . Between August and October 1943, a German sea rescue squadron operated from Portofino.
Population development
economy
Since the huge influx of visitors, first British and later German tourists at the beginning of the 1990s, Portofino's economy has been almost exclusively linked to tourism . The municipality and its surroundings are an important destination for visitors from all over the world.
Culture and sights
Sacred buildings
The Romanesque Chiesa di San Giorgio from the 12th century was reconstructed in 1950 after its complete destruction in World War II . The relics of Saint George are kept in the church . The Chiesa di San Martino is located in the historical part of Portofino . It was probably built in the 12th century and is also in Romanesque style. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours .
The town also houses the Oratorio di Nostra Signora dell'Assunta , dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and the seat of a brotherhood . The oratory was built in the 14th century and partially restructured in the 15th century. The original character was largely lost. The main portal is made of slate and dates from the Renaissance . Above it is a lunette from 1555, which depicts Mary with the child in a bas-relief surrounded by the local brothers in faith. In the interior there are two processional crosses , one white and one black, which weigh 105 and 115 kilograms respectively and are still carried to the procession for the patronage festival.
Fortifications
Above the village is the Castello Brown , formerly also called Castello di San Giorgio . It was built in the 14th century, later converted into a private villa and now serves as the municipality's museum.
Festivals
Numerous cultural events take place in Portofino, in which well-known people from the fields of culture and show business take part. On April 23, the patronage festival for St. George takes place.
Literature, film and music
Portofino is the setting for the novel Enchanted April by British author Elizabeth von Arnim , written here in Castello Brown in 1922, and for the film of the same name by director Mike Newell (1992). The song Love in Portofino , written by Fred Buscaglione and Leo Chiosso in 1958, made Portofino known worldwide in the 1950s. In the 1951 film Two in a Car , Portofino serves as a nostalgic and central location for action. In the 1961 film Come September, starring Gina Lollobrigida and Rock Hudson in the role of the rich Robert L. Talbot, the luxury Hotel Splendido above Portofino served as Talbot's villa, which was operated as a hotel by the staff during his absence. On the Gulf of Tigullio and in Portofino, a number of other Italian and foreign cinema films were shot in the 1990s.
In 1995, Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders chose Portofino as the set for the film Beyond the Clouds with John Malkovich and Sophie Marceau . In addition, the American soap opera Reich und Schön and the Italian counterpart CentoVetrine played for some episodes in the community. Portofino was in the Universal Studios of Orlando in Florida rebuilt.
Community partnerships
Portofino has partnerships with the Irish city of Kinsale and the Spanish island city of Palma de Mallorca .
Infrastructure
Road traffic
Portofino is on provincial road 227 that connects the fishing village with Santa Margherita Ligure . There is no direct connection to the motorway. The next motorway access is at Rapallo on the A12 . Portofino has very few parking spaces and access is limited by the local police.
Public transport
There are bus connections from Rapallo and Santa Magherita. The closest train station to Portofino is that of Santa Margherita Ligure on the Pisa – La Spezia – Genoa railway line . It is in the Genoa – La Spezia section. There is also a bus stop of the Azienda Trasporti Provinciali , from which buses to Portofino leave.
shipping
A ship leaves Rapallo with a stopover in Santa Margherita Ligure. Further sea connections exist from Camogli and San Fruttuoso .
Personalities
The place hosted a number of well-known personalities:
- In 1377, Portofino was a stopover for Pope Gregory XI. on the way from Avignon to Rome .
- Pope Alexander III (1162) and Pope Hadrian VI. (1572)
- King Richard the Lionheart (1190), King Ferdinand II (1506) and Kaiser Wilhelm II (1914)
- The British archaeologist George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, spent his holidays at his family's villa in Portofino.
- Guy de Maupassant (1889) and Friedrich Nietzsche
- Guglielmo Marconi
- The painter and art teacher Edith Junghans (1909), later wife of Nobel Prize winner Otto Hahn
- The Sardinian painter and poet Franco Emanuel Solinas spent several summers in Portofino.
- The artist Federico Schiaffino was born in Portofino in 1953 and grew up there.
- The diplomat Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1859-1924) acquired the Castello San Giorgio in Portofino in 1911.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ Pliny the Elder , HN , III, VII, 2; The story of Portofino ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the homepage of the municipality (Italian)
- ↑ Presentation of the ILSREC Genova ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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