page_title: Italian Riviera
hierarchical_section_title: Italian Riviera
caption_attribution_description: La Riviera italienne, Portofino près de S.Margherita et Rapallo. Travel poster by Mario Borgoni shows the Italian Riviera at Portofino from a terrace above the coastline. Richter &amp; Cia., Napoli, for ENIT (Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo), ca. 1920. From the Artist Posters Collection at the Library of Congress More ENIT travel posters | More artist posters [PD] This picture is in the public domain.
context_page_description: The Italian Riviera, or Ligurian Riviera, is the narrow coastal strip in Italy which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. Longitudinally it extends from the border with France and the French Riviera near Ventimiglia eastwards to Capo Corvo which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of La Spezia and is close to the regional border between Liguria and Tuscany. The Italian Riviera thus includes nearly all of the coastline of Liguria. Historically the "Riviera" extended further to the west, through what is now French territory as far as Marseille.
context_section_description: The Italian Riviera, or Ligurian Riviera, (Italian: Riviera ligure; Ligurian: Rivêa ligure) is the narrow coastal strip in Italy which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. Longitudinally it extends from the border with France and the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) near Ventimiglia (a former customs post) eastwards to Capo Corvo (also known as Punta Bianca) which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of La Spezia and is close to the regional border between Liguria and Tuscany. The Italian Riviera thus includes nearly all of the coastline of Liguria. Historically the "Riviera" extended further to the west, through what is now French territory as far as Marseille.
caption: La Riviera italienne, travel poster for ENIT, ca. 1920.
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