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Carloforte

Overview

On the Island of San Pietro there is only one village, only one municipality: Carloforte, a place of sea, legends, contaminations and uniqueness. It has a particular history, this village: founded in 1738 following the concession of the island by King Charles Emmanuel III to a group of families originally from Liguria but living in Tunisia, Carloforte is a Genoese enclave that still preserves the Ligurian language and traditions. Even its main church has a history that is intertwined with legend and with the sea: it is the church of the Novelli Innocenti, built in memory of the shipwreck near its shores of two ships, a shipwreck that caused the death of some of those children who took part in the semi-legendary 'Crusade of the Children' in 1212. Finally, its traditions also have a seafaring soul, as demonstrated by the devotion to Saint Peter, patron saint of fishermen and of the island, to whom every year festivities are dedicated, in which a blessing is asked for the exploits of the sea, between ritual and spirituality.

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Carloforte

09014 Carloforte SU, Italia

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