Every year in August, a village in northwestern Italy lights up the night sky with 2,000 Roman torches. The Madonna Bianca festival in Portovenere, Italy happens every year on Aug. 17, and it’s an ...

Portovenere, a Riviera gem overlooking the Gulf of La Spezia, more romantically known as the Golfo dei Poeti for all the literary figures who came to swoon over the area’s astounding natural beauty, ...

The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding ...

On a scenic bluff overlooking the famous port and Ligurian Sea, two hours' drive south of Portofino, near the southern end of the Cinque Terre trail, this makes a fine finish-line stop, whether by ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...