It wants the tradition
of its foundation which work of the inhabitants of Volastra that needed of one
operating base between vineyards and olive groves in proximity of the sea.
Corniglia, in fact, is raised of approximately 100 m from the sea and is
connected to the railway station with 337 scalini. The houses are taken root
from the picked ones to you. When it is reached the church of S.Pietro,
built up in 1334 on the rests of a nail head of the XI sec., is remained
abashed to admire wonderful rosone in marble the white man of Carrara,
just in the smaller village of Five Lands! E' operates of the campionesi Masters,
Matteo and Peter from Campilio, than they carved it fine therefore,
with decorations leonine and fitomorfe, in 1351. The facade, in local
stone has maintained the structure originates them. In lunetta of
the pointed portale son the very visible three marmoree figures always
from Masters Campionesi. The inside, baroque, marita sure the visit,
even if of minor importanzarispetto outside for the obvious rifacimenti.
The building with arches gotici in black stone that is found under the sagrato one of church,
comes indicated like the ancient station of mail of the Fieschi. In the center of the piazzetta
of the lived one the Oratory is found of Disciplines you of S.Caterina. A poligonale tower and,
in the cemetary, the inglobati rests of the castle of the XVI sec. are what is left of the fortification
of the genovesi.
Corniglia
Parrocchiale di S.Pietro
The first parish of village was dedicated to S. Maria Maddalena, but unfortunately before
year thousands she collapsed. The cornigliesi decided therefore to found one new in surer place
and still today the rests of such building are visible, even if inglobati in it it puts into effect
them building that was constructed beginning from 1334. The powerful family of Fieschi-Adorn, than
then she was owner of the country, loaded expenses for the construction. tempio, entitled to S. Peter,
that we can to admire today is constructed in local stone, has one facade in gotico style and is to basilican
plant, to three navate. The Church has a single door of income, which perron is approached
for means of one shape di semioctagon.
Of remarkable
interest it is the rosone in executed marble, like us confirmation a
registration, from Matteo and Peter from Campiglia,
that it is composed from elements of various desegnio from one another.
(Witnesses drawn from “Magical Five Lands”, Editori Moon)
