Palmaria (island)
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Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)* | |
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UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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State Party | Italy |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv, v |
Reference | 826 |
Region† | Europe and North America |
Inscription history | |
Inscription | 1997 (21st Session) |
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
Palmaria is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. Measuring 1.6 km², it is the largest island of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. The other islands, Tino, and the tiny Tinetto lie further south.
In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.