Vulnezia was the name with which the Rome they indicated
the insenatura where it was possible to moor the boats and to load the barrels with Vernaccia. It was founded probably
towards 1000, perhaps from the inhabitants of the nucleus of Reggio. In 1276 it came yielded to the Republic of Genoa
that thought to equip it to fortify it to east with the castle. In order to catch up the rests, by now reduced to the town-walls
external building and the reconstructed cylindrical tower based on the designs it originates them because destroyed
from a lightning in 1896, it is necessary to follow via S. Giovanni Batiste and to feed via Gerolamo Burgees.
Also the cylindrical tower of sight and that square one of the Belforte castle they do
not leave doubts on their function
of defense and sight. Undoubtedly interesting is from the point of urbanistico sight that they give that one of the values
it acclimatizes them, is the public square place in the low part of the lived one, encircled they give a side gives
a beautiful porticato palace and houses to medioevale structure with paving
of lastroni of stone, from the other the parochial one dedicated to saint
Margherita d' Antiochia. The church, built up on the cliff in 1318 on a
previous construction of the XI sec., is in pure gotico style from Liguria.
Consisting restoration happened between 1964 and 1970 have restored the structure
original. The income main it is found on facade north, while that one commonly
used it has been opened in the apse. skillful flank, that it rests in part on a
great arc making one part longitudinal widening of the church happened in 1750,
are supplied of three double lancet windows. Particular it is bell tower,
one tower octagonal much high one, set up on four pillars of the presbiterio.
The inside, to basilican plant to three navate uniforms from it arches to all
sixth, respect is elevated to the public square. It must in fact to go up for one scale,
one provision had perhaps to the fear that late tides they could provoke damages. The altar of
the left navata one is baroque and dated to 1750, the beautiful one crocifisso is attributed to
Antonio Maria Maragliano and the processionale case representing the Madonna Immacolata is of the XVIII sec.
(Witnesses drawn from “Magical Five Lands”, Editori Moon)
