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Vernazza

Vernasa
Vernazza Vernasa
Comune
	Comune di Vernazza
	Vernazza seen from the Azure Trail
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vernazza
	Vernazza Location of Vernazza in Italy Vernazza Vernazza (Liguria)
	Coordinates: 44°08′N 09°41′E / 44.133°N 9.683°E
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Province	La Spezia (SP)
Founded	1861
Frazioni	Corniglia, Drignana, Muro, Prevo [it], San Bernardino [it]
Government
• Mayor	Marco Fenelli (Vernazza-Corniglia)
Area
• Total	12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population (July 2024)
• Total	703
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym	Vernazzesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	19018
Dialing code	0187
ISTAT code	011030
Patron saint	Margaret the Virgin [en]
Saint day	20 July
Website	www.comune.vernazza.sp.it

Vernazza (Ligurian: Vernasa) is an Italian comune in the Province of La Spezia, in the region of Liguria, Northern Italy. It is part of the Cinque Terre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3]

Vernazza is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia [en] ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[4]

Culture

The fictional town Sapienza from the 2016 videogame Hitman [en] is inspired by Vernazza.^[5]

References

↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
↑ "Monthly Demographic Balance" (in English and Italian). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
↑ "Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)". UNESCO (in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
↑ "Vernazza". I Borghi più belli d'Italia (in English and Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
↑ Wiltshire, Alex (24 March 2017). "How Hitman's Hokkaido level was made". Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network Limited. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

Other websites

Vernazza travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Vernazza at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v10-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[2] "Monthly Demographic Balance" (in English and Italian). Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

[3] "Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)". UNESCO (in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

[4] "Vernazza". I Borghi più belli d'Italia (in English and Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

[5] Wiltshire, Alex (24 March 2017). "How Hitman's Hokkaido level was made". Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network Limited. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

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v t e World Heritage Sites in Italy
Northwest	Crespi d'Adda Genoa Ivrea Mantua and Sabbioneta Monte San Giorgio¹ Porto Venere, Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto, Cinque Terre Corniglia Manarola Monterosso al Mare Riomaggiore Vernazza Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Castle of Moncalieri Castle of Racconigi Castle of Rivoli Castello del Valentino Royal Palace of Turin Palazzo Carignano Palazzo Madama, Turin Palace of Venaria Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi Villa della Regina Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes¹ Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato	The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Venice Spanish Steps, Rome Royal Palace of Caserta Arab-Norman Palermo, Palatine Chapel Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo
Northeast	Aquileia The Dolomites Ferrara Modena Cathedral, Torre della Ghirlandina and Piazza Grande, Modena Orto botanico di Padova Ravenna Venice Verona City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Central	Assisi Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Florence Hadrian's Villa Medici villas Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Pienza Rome² San Gimignano Siena Urbino Val d'Orcia Villa d'Este
South	Alberobello Amalfi Coast Castel del Monte, Apulia Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di Padula Herculaneum Oplontis and Villa Poppaea Naples Palace of Caserta, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex Pompeii Sassi di Matera
Islands	Aeolian Islands Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale Archaeological Area of Agrigento Barumini nuraghes Mount Etna Syracuse and Necropolis of Pantalica Val di Noto Caltagirone Catania Militello in Val di Catania Modica Noto Palazzolo Acreide Ragusa Scicli Villa Romana del Casale
Countrywide	Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.) Brescia Cividale del Friuli Castelseprio Spoleto Temple of Clitumnus located at Campello sul Clitunno Santa Sofia located at Benevento Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo located at Monte Sant'Angelo Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³ Primeval Beech Forests of Europe⁴ Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries⁵ Bergamo Palmanova Peschiera del Garda
¹ Shared with Switzerland ² Shared with the Holy See ³ Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, and Switzerland ⁴ Shared with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine ⁵ Shared with Croatia and Montenegro

Authority control
International	VIAF
National	Germany

Vernazza Vernasa
Comune
Comune di Vernazza
Vernazza seen from the Azure Trail
Coat of arms
Location of Vernazza
Vernazza Location of Vernazza in Italy Show map of Italy Vernazza Vernazza (Liguria) Show map of Liguria
Coordinates: 44°08′N 09°41′E / 44.133°N 9.683°E / 44.133; 9.683
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Province	La Spezia (SP)
Founded	1861
Frazioni	Corniglia, Drignana, Muro, Prevo [it], San Bernardino [it]
Government
• Mayor	Marco Fenelli (Vernazza-Corniglia)
Area ^[1]
• Total	12.3 km² (4.7 sq mi)
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population (July 2024)^[2]
• Total	703
• Density	57/km² (150/sq mi)
Demonym	Vernazzesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	19018
Dialing code	0187
ISTAT code	011030
Patron saint	Margaret the Virgin [en]
Saint day	20 July
Website	www.comune.vernazza.sp.it