Museo Tecnico Navale
La Spezia
The Technical Naval Museum has very ancient origins and represents the most important of Italian naval museums. Initially, it was positioned at the mechanical workshops inside the military plant, later it was placed next to the main gateway to the Military Arsenal. The building inside allows you to admire ancient weapons, scuba divers and other models of World War I.
Museo Civico Archeologico
La Spezia
The museum is located in the Castle of San Giorgio. Here we see the findings from all the area, from prehistoric to medieval times. For a long time it was the only museum in the area.
Santuario Nostra Signora di Soviore
Monterosso al Mare
Situated at 4 km from Monterosso, it was founded in the 14th century with contribution of local residents, who considered it as their own pilgrimage destination. Inside the beautiful church,which still attracts many visitors and devotees, a valuable historical organ Agati offers the occasion for fine concerts. The Sanctuary of Soviore is part of a track solely dedicated to sanctuaries, since each of the five village situated in Cinque Terre has a local religious church for pilgrimages.
Museo Geopaleontologico del Castello
Lerici
The museum was created due to a discovery by Ilario Sirigu, who found fossil tracks on a rocky surface. These discoveries are confirmed by both the University of Rome and Pisa. The Geopaleontological Museum is located inside the Castle of Lerici, inside we find precious fossil minerals, rocks and footsteps of dinosaurs that came to light in Italy.
Museo Civico del Sigillo
La Spezia
The Museum of the Seal offers visitors the most complete collection that has ever been gathered. In fact, more than 1,500 seals are preserved, from eras ranging from the fourth millennium BC to the present day. The collection was donated, a few years ago, by the spouses Lilian and Euro Capellini to the Municipality of Spezia.
Fortezza di Sarzanello
Sarzana
It is a construction that dates back to the tenth century. Its purpose has always been the military one. In the past it belonged to Emperor Otto I. Its structure is composed of two parts: the first is given by the real castle and the second by a rivell that has the form of a fortified embankment. Today, being in good condition, it is entirely open to visitors.
Castello di Lerici
Lerici
The structure, based on a polygonal basis, is located on the rocky promontory of Lerici in a dominant position. Built in 1152, the Castle was several times transformed and renovated at the time of the Maritime Republics of Genoa and Pisa, which wanted to give ownership. In 1555 the building took its current appearance at the will of the Office of St. George and, after the work was completed, a tombstone still visible today was exposed.
Castello Coderone ruderi
La Spezia
The castle is located just outside the town of Biassa. It has a large square construction. The castle was remodeled in the 15th and 16th centuries, when with the loss of strategic importance it was converted into a stately residence, then belonged to the family of Biassa, precedents of the Viano di Carpena.
Cardelli e Fontana Arte Contemporanea
Sarzana
Calandra Arte
Manarola
The Calandra Art Gallery was founded in 1999 by Sebastiano Calandra.
It was the first art gallery in Cinque Terre and has long been of national importance for the promotion and diffusion of modern and contemporary art.
Thanks to its strategic location, it is also a point of reference for collectors throughout Europe and the world: from America to Australia and New Zealand.
The gallery promotes a series of personal and collective exhibitions designed to show the work of contemporary and important modern artists.
One of the main objectives of the Calandra Art Gallery is to enhance local heritage exhibiting sculptures, paintings and graphic works about Cinque Terre by local and significant artists.
To this end the Calandra Art Gallery organizes exhibitions and events in public and private spaces, together with institutions such as museums.
It also participates at the most important national and international art fairs.
Galleria d’Arte Vallardi
La Spezia
Punto Arte
La Spezia
Museo "V. G. Rossi"
Santa Margherita Ligure
Menhir - Arte Contemporanea
La Spezia
Porta Castellazzo
La Spezia
The Gate dates back to 1887, commissioned by Domenico Chiodo, the captain of the time of the Navy. During the war it was badly damaged, and as a result, it remained in total abandonment. It was Stefano Tinto, its current owner, who restored it and brought it to today's appearance. Today, a homonymous accommodation facility is located in the door shed, open to the public.