Tino (island)

Tino is an Italian island in the Ligurian Sea. It is located at the southwestern entrance of the Gulf of La Spezia and belongs to the municipality of Porto Venere in the province of La Spezia, Liguria region.

Geography

Tino has an area of 12.7 ha It forms with the much larger island of Palmaria in the north and the islet Tinetto in the south extension of the Peninsula, the Gulf of La Spezia (including Gulf of Poets ) shields from the Mediterranean and the Monte Santa Croce rises to 543 m. The three islands are part of the cultural landscape Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

History

The Holy Venerius born on Palmaria lived until his death in 630 on the island as a hermit. He is regarded as the patron of ship pilots and the Gulf of La Spezia, since he is said to have ignited according to the legend on the island of La Spezia beacon for the departing boats. About the presumed site of his death on the north coast of the island, a small chapel was built in the 7th century still, which was expanded in the 11th century to a monastery. At the top of the pine-wooded island (99 m asl ) is a 1884 instead of a classical earlier building of 1840 erected the lighthouse, which is operated fully automatically since 1985. A small museum beside informed about the Holy Venerius.

Tino today

The entire island is a closed military zone and is from the Comando di Zona Fari ( " Command of the lighthouse zones ") of the Italian Navy managed. You may not enter or be reached by boat. Only on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Venerius on September 13, it is open to the public. On this day, she is approached from La Spezia with excursion boats and is a popular destination for the inhabitants of the nearby mainland. After a pilgrim's mass in the former abbey church, a feast is held at the museum; on the date postcards can be sent from the island, the postmark is a popular collector's item among stamp collectors.