Punta Bonfiglio

Punta Bonfiglio is the headland beside Manarola's marina, known for its view of the village's closely grouped houses above the sea. A cemetery, a literary inscription and a bronze sculpture add layers of communal memory to the coastal setting.

Why it matters

The headland makes the relationship between Manarola's ravine, houses and cultivated slopes particularly clear. Its significance is also cultural: remembrance of the dead and the imagery of the grape harvest share the same small landscape.

What to notice

The cemetery's outer wall carries lines from Vincenzo Cardarelli's poem Liguria, recalling the region's burial grounds exposed to wind and sea. Antonio Pujia's bronze La donna dell'uva evokes the grape harvest and the agricultural life of the surrounding terraces. Across the cove, the village rises in dense ranks above the rocky waterfront.

Context and history

The inscription and sculpture belong to the headland's modern commemorative history. Cardarelli's words connect the local cemetery with a wider literary image of Liguria, while Pujia's figure brings the work of cultivation into the public landscape. The coastal walkway linking the marina and Palaedo forms another part of the relationship between this point and Manarola's maritime life.