| Framura | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Liguria | |
| Territory | Riviera di Levante | |
| Altitude | 76 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 19.26 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 678 (2011 census) | |
| Name inhabitants | Framuresis | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0187 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 19014 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Martin of Tours (11 November) | |
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Framura is a municipality of the Liguria.
To know
Framura is the name of the municipal territory consisting of the inhabited centers of Anzo, Castagnola, Costa, Ravecca, and Setta where the municipal seat is located. It is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
Geographical notes
Located on the Ligurian coast, the small town of Framura is located within one of the many inlets and "coves", typical of the rugged coast of the eastern Ligurian Riviera. Mount Serro (421 m a.s.l.) represents the highest peak in the Framurese territory and belongs to the protected area of Five lands. Setta, the town where the Town Hall is located, is 25 km from Sestri Levante, 51 from Spice, 16 from Moneglia, 13 from Levanto.
Background
The presence of the Ligurians in the territory has been testified by some archaeological finds. Formerly the seat of a pagus in Roman times, since the Lombard period the territory was a possession of the abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio. In the medieval period the territory of Framura passed to the domination of the Da Passano family, originally from the homonymous locality near Deiva Marina, who left as testimony some 9th century fortifications. In 1170 the counts of Lavagna, the Fieschi, occupied the castle of Frascario, taking it away from the lords of Passano. After a long controversy, the castle returned to the Municipality of Genoa. After ups and downs, the possessions of the Passano were administered by the Malaspina.
In the twelfth century, the expansion of the Republic of Genoa into the eastern Ligurian Riviera also included the territory of Framura which formed the podesteria of the same name, also subduing the current districts of the towns of Passano and Piazza, and therefore of the only Podesta office of Moneglia in the capitaneato of Levanto. In 1797 with the French domination of Napoleon Bonaparte he returned from 2 December to the Department of Vara, with Levanto as the capital, within the Ligurian Republic. From 28 April 1798 with the new French regulations, Framura returned to the VII canton, capital Deiva Marina, of the Jurisdiction of Mesco and from 1803 the main center of the V canton of Mesco in the Jurisdiction of the Gulf of Venus. Annexed to the First French Empire from 13 June 1805 to 1814, it was included in the Department of the Apennines.
In 1815 it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Sardinia, according to the decisions of the Congress of Vienna in 1814, and subsequently into the Kingdom of Italy from 1861.
How to orient yourself
Framura: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Framura, common scattered, is made up of the inhabited centers of Anzo, Castagnola, Costa, Ravecca, and Setta (municipal seat).
How to get
By plane
- Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa. It is connected to the Genova Brignole railway station with the Volabus, a bus service calibrated for national and international arrivals.
Direct flights: Milan Malpensa, Turin, Cagliari, Naples, Palermo, Catania, Alghero, Olbia, Trapani, Trieste, Rome Fiumicino International flights: London Stansted, Paris CDG, Cologne, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Istanbul.
- Galileo Galilei Airport of Pisa. It is more convenient to get there Riviera di Levante, Spice or le Five lands as it is directly connected by train.
How to get around
What see
- Church of the Madonna della Neve (in Anzo). Formerly an ancient chapel, it preserves several pictorial works inside such as the canvas of the Madonna and Child and Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian, datable to the seventeenth century, a painting of Jesus Christ with Veronica, dating back to the eighteenth century, and an oil on canvas depicting Cristo alla Colonna, from the sixteenth century and probably from the pictorial school of Luca Cambiaso.
- Parish church of San Lorenzo (in Castagnola). It guards one Deposition of Jesus by the painter Luca Cambiaso.
- Parish Church of San Martino (to Costa). Ancient parish church in the Framuro area was born as a monastic complex under the influence of the abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio between the 10th and 11th centuries. Mentioned for the first time in 1128, it is further documented in 1192 as a parish church of the diocese of Genoa. Its parochial jurisdiction included eleven parishes among the present-day settlements of Deiva Marina, Carrodano and Carro corresponding roughly to the ancient Podesta office of Framura of the Republic of Genoa. The structure was completely remodeled between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, while retaining some elements of the first building in Romanesque style. In the interventions the original octagonal pillars were remodeled and externally there was a setback of the facade. In the 18th century the choir was rebuilt.
- The plan of the building is of the basilica type and consists of three naves divided by octagonal pillars; the presbytery is elliptical in shape. The exteriors were originally leaning against a pre-existing watchtower dating back to the Carolingian era. Inside, in addition to the ancient baptismal font in red marble of Levanto, perhaps dating back to the tenth or eleventh century, there is a canvas by Bernardo Strozzi, in the fourth altar of the left aisle, depicting the Madonna del Rosario between Saints Domenico and Carlo. Tradition has it that Ginetta Strozzi with her son Giovanni Giuseppino, sister and nephew of the painter, are portrayed in the faces of the Virgin and Child Jesus. And popular tradition always attributes the initial destination for the cathedral of San Lorenzo to the local baroque marble pulpit.
- Ancient hospitable (to Costa). According to a plaque, affixed to the facade of the building, it was commissioned by Giuliano de Dugo and would date back to 27 December 1400.
- Watchtower from the 9th century (to Costa). Military defense construction from the Carolingian era.
- Private chapel of Saints Bernard and Pasquale (in Ravecca).
- Chapel of San Rocco (to Setta). Decorated with finishes and stuccoes from the late eighteenth century, in neoclassical style, it houses the painting of the Madonna with Child and the saints Rocco and Nicola, a work datable between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries.
- Watchtowers from the 16th century (in Anzo and Setta). They date back to the Genoese domination.
Events and parties
- March of the three towers.
in June. - Voices of the sea and the stars. in July. musical review
- Feast of Our Lady of the Snow (in the locality of Porticciolo). the first Sunday of August.
- Feast of San Rocco. on August 16.
- Feast of Saint Lucia. Last Sunday of August. The feast, which liturgically falls on December 13, at the beginning of the twentieth century was moved to the end of the summer holidays at the request of vacationers who wanted to collect offers for asylum on the occasion.
- Patronal feast of San Lorenzo (in Castagnola). August 10.
- Tourist party. the last Saturday of August. Food and wine tour along the hamlets of Costa, Setta, Ravecca, Anzo and Casella.
in June.What to do
- 1 [link not working]Framura Sub (Porticciolo Framura), ☎ 39 339 2937077.
Shopping
- 1 Bennati Maria Rosa Bakery, Location Setta 67, ☎ 39 0187 810142.
- 2 Gastronomy Enrica "The Good Things", Location Setta 93, ☎ 39 0187 810007.
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Silvia Hotel Restaurant, Costa locality, 5, ☎ 39 0187 810520.
- 2 [link not working]Hotel Ristorante Meri, Loc. Costa 1, ☎ 39 0187 823086.
Where stay
Average prices
- 1 Augusta hotels, Location Anzo, 12, ☎ 39 0187 823026, @[email protected].
- 2 Perla del Levante Hostel, Via Ravecca 12, ☎ 39 0187 810225, @[email protected].
Safety
Pharmacy
- 1 Crosses, Via Provinciale, 37 (in the locality of Setta), ☎ 39 0187 810006, @[email protected]. Mon-Sat 8: 30-12: 30 and 16: 30-19: 30.
