デイヴァマリーナのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

platform to admire the view of Deiva Marina and the sea

Challenging trail

Trench from World War I

From the station, you can reach the center of Framura via a seemingly endless staircase. It's a steep climb.

Very steep descent with great views

This church, which is dedicated to the Holy Cross (Latin "Santa Croce"), takes its patronage from the cross on which Jesus Christ died. The veneration of the Holy Cross goes back in large part to Saint Helena, who was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (who recognized Christianity as a religion after his victory at the "Milvian Bridge" in front of Rome and ended the long period of persecution with the "Edict of Toleration" of Milan in 312). In the early fourth century, she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Israel / Palestine) and brought numerous relics back to Europe, including the "True Cross" on which Jesus Christ was crucified. Helena is therefore often depicted with a cross as an attribute. The church celebrates the feast of the discovery, public presentation and veneration of the Holy Cross - called the "Exaltation of the Cross" - on September 14th.

The current church was built with a single nave in 1725 on the remains of the previous structure that collapsed for unknown reasons. In the third altar on the right side there is a statue of the Immaculate Conception, attributed to Anton Maria Maragliano, in the fourth altar on the left a Byzantine crucifix and a canvas depicting the Madonna delle Grazie. The work Ultima cena, preserved in the sacristy, is by the local painter Luca Cambiaso. In the façade, in Baroque style, two links of the Pisan port chain are visible on the right side; according to historical sources, these objects were stolen, as a sort of "war trophy", by Trancheo Stanco from Moneglia in 1284 during the battle of Meloria between the Genoese and Pisan fleets, which saw the former victorious.

Water and mountains always go...