Framura

Framura is a scattered Italian town of 638 inhabitants in the province of La Spezia in Liguria. The municipal seat is located in the hamlet of Setta. Located on the Ligurian coast, the small town of Framura is located within one of the many inlets and coves, typical of the indented coast of the eastern Ligurian Riviera. Mount Serro (421 m aboce sea level) represents the highest peak in the Framurese territory and belongs to the protected area of the Cinque Terre.

Crossed by many small streams and rivers, the most interesting is the Castagnola torrent which rises on the slopes of Mount San Nicolao.

 

How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods
Framura, a scattered municipality, is made up of the inhabited centers of Anzo, Castagnola, Costa, Ravecca, and Setta (municipal seat).

 

Sights

Church of the Madonna della Neve (in Anzo). Already an ancient chapel, it preserves various pictorial works such as the canvas of the Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian, dating back to the 17th century, a painting of Jesus Christ with Veronica, dating back to the 18th century, and an oil on canvas portraying Christ at the Column, from the sixteenth century and probably from the pictorial school of Luca Cambiaso.
Parish church of San Lorenzo (in Castagnola). It houses a Deposition of Jesus by the painter Luca Cambiaso.
Parish Church of San Martino (in Costa). An ancient parish church in the Framurese area, it was born as a monastic complex under the abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio between the 10th and 11th centuries. Mentioned for the first time in 1128, it is further documented in 1192 as a parish church of the diocese of Genoa. Its parochial jurisdiction included eleven parishes in today's towns of Deiva Marina, Carrodano and Carro roughly corresponding to the ancient Podesta office of Framura of the Republic of Genoa. The structure was completely remodeled between the 15th and 16th centuries, however retaining some elements of the first Romanesque-style building. In the interventions the original octagonal pillars were remodeled and externally there was a setback of the facade. In the 18th century the choir was rebuilt.
The plan of the building is of the basilica type and consists of three naves divided by octagonal pillars; the presbytery is elliptical in shape. The exteriors were originally leaning against a pre-existing watchtower dating back to the Carolingian era. Inside, in addition to the ancient baptismal font in red Levanto marble, perhaps dating back to the 10th or 11th century, there is a canvas by Bernardo Strozzi, in the fourth altar of the left aisle, depicting the Madonna del Rosario between Saints Domenico and Carlo . Tradition has it that Ginetta Strozzi and her son Giovanni Giuseppino, the painter's sister and niece, are portrayed on the faces of the Virgin and Child Jesus. And still popular tradition attributes the initial destination for the cathedral of San Lorenzo to the local Baroque marble pulpit.
Ancient hospice (in Costa). According to a plaque placed on the facade of the building, it was commissioned by Giuliano de Dugo and dates back to 27 December 1400.
9th century watchtower (in Costa). Military defense construction from the Carolingian era.
Private chapel of Saints Bernardo and Pasquale (in Ravecca).
Chapel of San Rocco (in Setta). Decorated with late eighteenth-century finishes and stuccos, in neoclassical style, it houses the painting of the Madonna and Child with Saints Rocco and Nicola, a work that can be dated between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries.
Watchtowers from the 16th century (at Anzo and Setta). They date back to the Genoese domination.

 

Events and parties

March of the Three Towers. in June.
Voices of the sea and stars. in July. music review
Feast of the Madonna della Neve (in Porticciolo). the first Sunday of August.
Feast of San Rocco. on August 16th.
Feast of Saint Lucia. Last Sunday of August. The feast, which liturgically falls on December 13, was moved to the end of the summer holidays at the beginning of the 20th century at the request of vacationers who wanted to collect donations for asylum on the occasion.
Patronal feast of San Lorenzo (in Castagnola). August 10th.
Tourist party. the last Saturday of August. Food and wine itinerary along the hamlets of Costa, Setta, Ravecca, Anzo and Casella.

 

What to do

Framura Sub (Porticciolo Framura), ☎ +39 339 2937077

 

How to get

By plane
Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa. It is connected to the Genova Brignole railway station with the Volabus, a coach service calibrated at national and international arrivals.
Direct flights: Milan Malpensa, Turin, Cagliari, Naples, Palermo, Catania, Alghero, Olbia, Trapani, Trieste, Rome Fiumicino. International flights: London Stansted, Paris CDG, Cologne, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Istanbul. edit
Galileo Galilei Airport in Pisa. It is more convenient to reach the Riviera di Levante, La Spezia or the Cinque Terre as it is directly connected by train.

 

Shopping

Bennati Maria Rosa Bakery, Localita' Setta 67, ☎ +39 0187 810142.
Enrica Gastronomy "Good Things", Localita Setta 93, ☎ +39 0187 810007.

 

Where to eat

Average prices
1 Silvia Hotel Restaurant, Costa, 5, ☎ +39 0187 810520.
2 Hotel Restaurant Meri, Loc. Costa 1, ☎ +39 0187 823086.

 

Where stay

Average prices
1 Hotel Augusta, Località Anzo, 12, ☎ +39 0187 823026, info@hotelaugusta.net.
2 Perla del Levante Hostel, Via Ravecca 12, ☎ +39 0187 810225, info@perladellevanteframura.it.

 

 

Safety

Pharmacy
Croci, Via Provinciale, 37 (in the locality of Setta), ☎ +39 0187 810006, settembrec@tiscali.it. Mon-Sat 8:30-12:30 and 16:30-19:30.

 

Physical geography

Located on the Ligurian coast, the small town of Framura is found within one of the many inlets and coves, typical of the jagged coast of the eastern Ligurian Riviera. Mount Serro (421 m a.s.l.) is the highest peak in the Framurese area and belongs to the protected area of the Cinque Terre.

Crossed by many small streams and streams, the most interesting is the Castagnola stream which rises on the slopes of Mount San Nicolao.

 

History

The presence of the Ligurians in the territory has been testified by some archaeological finds.

Seat of a pagus in Roman times, the territory was already a possession of the abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio since the Longobard era.

In the medieval period, the territory of Framura became the possession of the Da Passano family, originally from the homonymous locality near Deiva Marina, who left some 9th century fortifications as evidence.

In 1170 the Fieschi, counts of Lavagna, occupied the castle of Frascario, taking it away from the lords of Passano. After a long controversy, the castle returned to Genoa's possession. After various events, the possessions of the Passano were administered by the Malaspina.

In the twelfth century, the expansion of the Republic of Genoa into the eastern Ligurian Riviera also included the territory of Framura which formed the podestà of the same name, also subduing the current districts of the towns of Passano and Piazza, and therefore of the only podestà of Moneglia in the capitaneato of Levanto.

Like all the Italian Tyrrhenian coasts, over the centuries Framura also had to defend itself from Islamic raids, as its three watchtowers testify.

In 1797, following the fall of the Genoese Republic and the Napoleonic domination, the municipality of Framura returned from December 2 to the Department of Vara, with Levanto as its capital, within the Ligurian Republic. From 28 April 1798 with the new French regulations, Framura returned to the VII canton, capital Deiva Marina, of the Jurisdiction of Mesco and from 1803 the main center of the V canton of Mesco in the Jurisdiction of the Gulf of Venus. Annexed to the First French Empire, from 13 June 1805 to 1814 it was included in the Department of the Apennines.

In 1815 it was incorporated into the Levante province of the Kingdom of Sardinia, as established by the Congress of Vienna in 1814, and subsequently into the Kingdom of Italy from 1861. From 1859 to 1927 the territory was included in the VI district of Levanto in the Levante district first part of the province of Genoa and, with the establishment in 1923, of the province of La Spezia then.

From 1973 to 31 December 2008 he was part of the mountain community of the Riviera Spezzina.

 

Economy

The Framurese economy is based above all on the receptive activities of tourism, both for holidays and for food and wine. The commercial sector is particularly developed, with small businesses, usually family-run.

The red marble of Levanto is extracted from the quarries.

 

Infrastructure and transport

Streets
The center of Framura is mainly crossed by the provincial road 41 which allows the road connection with the provincial road 40, in the municipality of Deiva Marina, and the provincial road 42 of Reggimonti in the municipality of Bonassola. At the hamlet of Castagnola, continuing the provincial road 41 northwards, it intersects with the state road 1 Via Aurelia, where in an easterly direction you continue towards La Spezia, or in a westerly direction, you continue towards the Bracco pass, the Tagliamento pass and finally in the city of Sestri Levante (GE).

Railways
Framura has a railway station on the Genoa-Pisa line.

Urban mobility
The railway station, near the sea, is connected to the upper area of Framura (locality Setta, Ravecca, Costa) via a bus service provided by the ATC. Costa is also served by AMT vehicles which connect the towns to Deiva Marina, Montaretto, Bonassola, Levanto and Sestri Levante (GE).

Cycle paths
Framura is connected to the neighboring municipality of Bonassola thanks to a cycle path; it develops along the old Genoa-Pisa railway line, moved upstream in 1970, and ends in the municipality of Levanto for a total of about 5 km.