Via Fieschi
Narrow medieval lane tracing a noble Genoese dynasty's grip on this cliffside wine village.
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This guide to Via Fieschi in Corniglia, Cinque Terre, opens with a tale from Boccaccio's Decameron: a kidnapped abbot, a bandit posing as his own servant, and a daily breakfast of toast and local wine. It also takes in the Romans who knew this village as Cornelia, and the Genoese Fieschi family given the place in twelve fifty-four. Best heard standing in the lane itself, with the vineyard terraces in view.
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