Camogli tourist information
Camogli is one of the most renowned villages the Riviera del Levante and is situated on the west coast of the promontory of Portofino. Coming from the sea, the first thing that catches the eyes of the visitor is the colours of the houses. Very tall houses painted of green, pink, ochre and yellow reflect on the clear waters of the old port. "The most brackish, hard and piratical place" Dickens used to write. The city name origins are unclear; for many it comes from the Genoa dialect "Cą a muggi" (a bunch of houses), referring to the tall houses leaning on each other. For others "Cą de mogee" (houses of the wives) referring to the wives that used to take care of the village when their men where out on the sea. Speaking of Camogli brings us back to the legend that, back to the mid-nineteenth century, consider Camogli as one of the most important maritime centre of the world with its most powerful navy fleet of the Mediterranean Sea and headed by expert and bold captains. Its luck in the maritime business started with the Algerian Campaign headed by Louis Philip D'Orleans and continued with the Crimea War when, the support of "the devils of Camogli" as Cavour used to call them, was determinant for the victory of the Piedmont troops.
The medieval centre is developed mainly around the small port, usually busy with tourist boats, the so-called wood "gozzi" and by the fishermen boats used daily for fishing. The houses on the seafront in Garibaldi Street, recently restored, show faēades painted according to "fresco" or "trompe-l'oeil" techniques reproducing green balconies and shutters. During the winter swells, the waves hit the walls of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta and the chipped tower of the Dragone Castle. The tower used to defend Camogli from the pirates. This peculiar church gives to the magic of this village a secret sweetness of the cold maritime days.
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