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The village of
Manarola was founded
about during the 12th century by
people coming from
Volastra (the
“vicus oleater”: olive-trees’
village). More probable for
Volastra seems to be the ethimologic origin
from ligurian names such as:
“Viassa” (Biassa), “Vappa” (Viapra)
or Strà…In ancient times,
Volastra
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change of horses along the coastal
road, before the building of the
Aurelia (109 B.C.). From the
overhanging hills, groups of
countrymen went down toward the sea
and founded this new coastal
settlement.
Manarola was a feud of the marquis
of Carpena, then it passed to the
powerful family of the Fieschi,
lords of
Lavagna, when the Bishop of Luni yelded it to them, in 1252. |
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The village is firstly quoted into a
document, in 1266.
Manarola was the birthplace of
Linibaldo Fieschi, the future
Innocenzo IV (1243-1254), the Pope
who excommunicated Federico II and
arranged the 7th crusade.
The village suffered many saracens’
invasions. |
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