Torre Aurora
Genoese watchtower turned restaurant terrace, overlooking the Gulf of Monterosso from a medieval lookout perch.
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This guide to Torre Aurora in Cinque Terre's Monterosso traces the life of the tallest watchtower still standing on this stretch of coast, raised by the Republic of Genoa around the fifteen hundreds to spot Saracen raiders before they touched the beach below. It follows the chain of towers this one belonged to, and the handful of reasons Torre Aurora outlasted nearly all of them while the town's other lookouts vanished. Stand where the lookout once stood, on the shoulder of San Cristoforo hill, with a clear line down over the whole gulf.
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