Portofino, a short history (English Edition) (Città in tasca)

Gotta, Salvator

ISBN 10: 8842549681 / ISBN 13: 9788842549680

Editore: Mursia, 2012

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Titolo: Portofino, a short history (English Edition)...

Casa editrice: Mursia

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Brossura

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The Portofino’s myth echoes in these pages by Salvator Gotta, one of the most popular writers of the Italian ’900. Gotta, in love with the small Ligurian village, chosen as his «buen retiro», described it in a short history: from the many conjectures on the origins of its name, to the Saint George’s cult, to the many famous visitors, Conradin of Swabia, Richard king of England, Napoleon, Wilhelm II. This is a literary guide, investigating the magic of a place where «the houses and the properties display an apparent poverty, and where rich people try to do their very best to humble themselves during their enjoyment». Gotta flies with his own words over the bay where the fishermen houses reflect themselves, over the little square ending over the harbour waters where the seamen beach their boats, over the porches where luxury shops face, over the restaurants showing their tables: a peaceful oasis in a place of an incredible natural beauty, which kept its charm over the years.