The island of Tino is a small island at the western end of the Gulf of La Spezia. Its territory is part of the Italian municipality of Portovenere. Since 1997 , the island of Tino and those of Tinetto of Palmaria , Portovenere and Cinque Terre were admitted to the UNESCO World Heritage.

Summary

1 Description
2 History
3 Access
4 Sources
5 See also

Description

Tino's Island can be seen among the three Gulf islands, as the island through much by its size and position.

To the north lies the island of Palmaria , the largest, while the south of the island is occupied by the islet of Tinetto, sizes much smaller. These islands are not far removed from Tino, located only a few tens of meters from it.

The area of the island is about 0.13 km ^2, its perimeter reaching 2 km.

History

San Venerio, born on the island of Palmaria , patron saint of the Gulf of La Spezia , lived as a hermit on the island of Tino until his death in 630. On the northern coast of the island are the remains of a monastery, probably built during the ^eleventh century on the foundations of the ancient sanctuary, built during the ^seventh century on the site where the saint died. At the top of the island is a lighthouse.

Access

The area of the Island of Tino is entirely used as a military zone. It is for this reason that, until very recently, it was possible to visit the island on the feast of the saint, the September 13th. As the island is a military territory, it is forbidden to land on the island and the surrounding area navigation is very secure and monitored.

Sources

(It) This article is partially or entirely from the article in Italian entitled " Tino (geografia) "(see the list of authors )

World Heritage in Italy
Cultural	Rock Art of Valcamonica (1979) Historic Centre of Rome , the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and St. Paul Outside the Walls (1980) (the Vatican) The Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980) Historic Centre of Florence (1982) Piazza del Duomo in Pisa (1987) Venice and its Lagoon (1987) Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990) The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera (1993) City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994) Historic Centre of Naples (1995) Historic Centre of Siena ( 1995) Crespi d'Adda (1995) Ferrara , City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta (1995) Castel del Monte (1996) Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996) The Trulli of Alberobello (1996) Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996) Cathedral , Torre Civica and Piazza Grande , Modena (1997) Amalfi Coast (1997) Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico) , Padua (1997) Residences of the Savoy (1997) Su Nuraxi of Barumini (1997) royal palace of the eighteenth ^century at Caserta with the Park , the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio (1997) Portovenere , Cinque Terre and the Islands ( Palmaria , Tino and Tinetto ) (1997) Villa Romana del Casale (1997) Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997) Archaeological Areas of Pompei , Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997) Historic Centre of Urbino (1998) National Park of Cilento and Vallo Diano , with the archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia and the Certosa di Padula (1998) Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999) Assisi , the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000) City of Verona (2000) Villa d'Este , Tivoli (2001) Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South eastern Sicily) (2002) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) Cemeteries Etruscan Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004) Val d'Orcia (2004) Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005) Genoa, and the system palaces (2006 ) Rhaetian Railway in the Landscape of the Albula / Bernina (2008) (with Switzerland) Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008)
Natural	Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000) Monte San Giorgio (2003)) (with Switzerland) The Dolomites (2009)
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