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.
Neighborhoods
Framura, a scattered municipality, is made up of the
inhabited centers of Anzo, Castagnola, Costa, Ravecca, and Setta
(municipal seat).
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.
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.
Framura Sub (Porticciolo Framura), ☎ +39 339 2937077
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.
Bennati Maria Rosa Bakery, Localita' Setta 67, ☎ +39 0187 810142.
Enrica Gastronomy "Good Things", Localita Setta 93, ☎ +39 0187 810007.
Average prices
1 Silvia Hotel Restaurant, Costa, 5, ☎ +39 0187
810520.
2 Hotel Restaurant Meri, Loc. Costa 1, ☎ +39 0187 823086.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.