7 Sights in Porto Venere, Italy (with Map and Images)

Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. With an area of 1.6 square kilometres (0.6 sq mi), it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting from the mainland at Portovenere. The outer islands, Tino and the tiny Tinetto, lie further south.

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Tino is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The largest of the three, Palmaria, lies to the north and the tiny Tinetto to the south.

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San Venerio Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on the island of Tino, in the comune of Porto Venere in the Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Its construction began in 1839, and was completed in 1840. It illuminates and guides the sailors in that part of Ligurian Sea. It is named for Venerius the Hermit, the patron saint of lighthouse keepers.

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The fortress of Varignano is a military building located at the end of the point that separates the breast of the Grazie from that of the Varignano in Portovenere, in the Gulf of Poets in the province of La Spezia.

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Tinetto is an Italian island situated in the Gulf of La Spezia, in the eastern part of the Ligurian Sea. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

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The sanctuary of the Madonna delle Grazie is a Catholic religious building located in the hamlet of Grazie, in via Libertà, in the municipality of Portovenere in the province of La Spezia. The church is the seat of the parish of the same name of the vicariate of La Spezia I of the diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato. It can be reached via the provincial road 530 connecting La Spezia with Portovenere.

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The church of San Pietro is a Catholic religious building located in the municipality of Portovenere, in Calata Doria, in the province of La Spezia. It is the oldest vestigial church in the Gulf and is one of the most famous tourist attractions in the area.

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