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Monterosso
The name Monterosso comes from the aristocratic Family of the Obertenghi, also called Rufi, or “red haired heads”, who ran away from the Longbards’ invasion and found refuge in these lands, where they founded the Castrus Obertengo, later called Monterosso.
The village is a lively holiday site, well equipped with two small tourist ports. From the culinary point of view, very famous are the sardines.
The beach of Monterosso is the widest in the territory of Cinque Terre, therefore the village has privileged the tourist aspect above all, with the highest receptivity of the whole East Riviera. 
Very interesting for a visit are: the Oratory of the Neri, where some scary frescos dedicated to the Lady of death are kept; the Castle, situated in dominant position overlooking the village and the beach, which was built by the Genoese between the 13th and 14th century to defend the village from the Saracens; and the church of Saint John Baptist, situated in the vicinity of the beach, built between 1244 and 1307, with a particular trapezoidal shape, divided into three naves by two rows of black and white columns.
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