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ʻO Portovenere (aʻo Porto Venere) he kūlanakauhale hanohano, nani ma ka Mānoa, ma ka hema o Cinque Terre a me Genoa, a ma ka'ākau o Livorno. Aia ma ka Region of Liguria a me ka Province of La Spezia. ʻAʻoleʻoe i maopopo i hea kahi? ʻAʻole wau i hana, a hiki i ka manawa o kā mākou moku holo moku i hana ai i kahi pilau iā Porto Venere. I ka heleʻana o ka moʻolelo, ua hauʻoli wau i ka hana.
E holo mākou i ke Kaiwela Mediterranean mai Barcelona a Roma, a ua hoʻonohonohoʻia kā mākou moku i Portofino ma ka Italian Riviera no kekahi lā.
Eia naʻe, ua holo mākou i kahi wāʻino, a ua haʻi mai ke kāpena o kā mākou moku moku moku liʻiliʻiʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke heleuma ma Portofino no ka moana kai. Ma mua o Portofino, e hele ana mākou i Portovenere.
ʻAʻohe mea ma luna o ka moku i lohe ma mua o Portovenere . Akā, he pāʻani mākou a pau no ka luʻu. Ua palekana ke awa o Portovenere, a iā mākou i nānā aku ai ma waho o ke kauhale liʻiliʻi, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hoʻomehana wela a me ka hoʻomaha. Uaʻike wau ua komo mākou no kahi lāʻoi aku.
Ua hele mai ka luna moku moku holo me nā kahakai kahakai he mau minuke wale nō i hiki iā Pisa a me La Spezia e pani i nā mea i hāʻule iā mākou ma Portofino. Ua haʻiʻia iā mākou (a ua hōʻoiaʻia e kekahi o ka poʻe ohua) uaʻano likeʻo Portovenere iā Portofino i nā makahiki i hala aku nei. Ua nānā ka maka'āinana o Portovenere i ka nani a ua hoʻoholo mākou e hele wale i ke kūlanakauhale no ka lā. He hoʻoholo maikaʻi. Hoʻopiliʻia me ka palapala'āina o nāʻike i hāʻawiʻia e ka moku, ua lawe mākou i keʻano o ka moku ma ka'āina.
E like me nā mea nui o'Europa, he moʻolelo hoʻohihoihoiʻo Portovenere i hoʻi i nā manawa o ka poʻe faapau. ʻO ka hale kaiāulu i hoʻohanaʻia he luakini no Venus Erycina, kahi i laweʻia mai aiʻo Portovenere. He wahi moku moana ia ma ia manawa, a ua komo i loko o nā paio he nui ma nā makahiki. ʻO ka lōʻihi loa ke kaua ma waena o Genoa a me Pisa (1119-1290).
ʻO ka hale kiaʻi e nānā nei iā Portovenere mai kahi kiʻekiʻe pōhaku ma luna o ke kauhale, he mea pale nui ia i kēlā kaua.
I kēia lā,ʻo Portovenere ka'īpuka o ka Cinque Terre . Kūleʻaʻo Ferries ma kahakai i kēlā me kēia lā, e hāʻawi ana i nā mea e lele i kahi e nānā aku ai i kekahi o nā māhele evocative o ka Mediterranean. Ke hoʻomaka nei hoʻi kahi alahele i ka Cinque Terre i kēia manawa, akā lōʻihi ka heleʻana a pono e wāwahiʻia i loko o hoʻokahi lā.
ʻO ko mākou lā ma Portovenere he lā ua nui, a heleʻaleʻa, no laila, ua hukiʻia mākou i kā mākou mau mele. Ua kūkuluʻia nā paia nui o ke kūlanakauhale i ka makahiki 1160. Ua hele mua mākou ma nā alanui māmā i ka Halepule o St. Peter (S. Pietro). Aia ma kahi hōʻailona e nānā ana i ke kahawaiʻo La Spezia. ʻOiai me ka ua ua,ʻo ka Mediterranean i loko o ka ululāʻau ma lalo o ka halepule, heʻano'ahuʻulaʻano nani. Ua kūkuluʻo Genoese i ka hale pule i uku no nā kānaka o Porto Venere no ko lākou kōkuaʻana i ka laweʻana i ka hale Lerici.
Ma hope o ko mākou heleʻana i loko o ka halepule, ua hoʻomaka mākou i ke alapiʻi, a me nā ala ala pōhaku i ka hale kākela. He nani nā hale, a ua kahakaʻia kēlā me kēia me kahi tileʻano. Ua kāhāhā mākou i ka "wai wai". E hana anaʻo ia i ke kaʻa piha i ka'olihi i hoʻopihaʻia me nā wai wai aniani e hāʻawi ana i nā kama'āina.
Ua hele ka kaʻa i like me ke kaʻa a hiki iā ia ke "hele" a piʻi i lalo i nā ala ākea o nā alaloa o ke ala. He meaʻike iki! Ma ka manawa a mākou i piʻi ai i ka hale kākela, ua pau ka ua. ʻO kaʻike o Portovenere i lalo he mea kupaianaha loa ia. Ua kūkuluʻia ka hale kākela i 1161, akā, ua kūkulu houʻia i ka makahiki 1458.
Ma kahi kokoke i ka hale kākela heʻike nui loaʻaʻole ma nā palapala 'āina. ʻO ia ka hale kupapaʻu o ke kūlanakauhale, aʻikeʻia ka nānāʻana i ke kai ma lalo nei. Uaʻike mākou i kēia hale kupapaʻu he meaʻono. ʻO ka nui o nā crypts ma ka hale momoe i loaʻa nā kiʻi o ka mea i make ma luna o lākou, e pili ana i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kenekulia iwakālua. He meaʻoluʻolu loa keʻikeʻana i nā kiʻi o ka poʻe kupapaʻu.
Ua hele mākou i lalo i ke kauhale a nānā i kekahi mau hale kūʻai. Uaʻoluʻolu nā kānaka, a ua hauʻoli loa e lawe i kā mākou moku a me kona mauʻelele he 114 i ke awa.
Mai koʻu nānā muaʻana iā Portovenere, uaʻike au he wahi maikaʻi ia no ka liloʻana i hoʻokahi lā. Ua pololei au. ʻO nā mea a pau, ke hauʻoli nei au no ka mea uaʻike mākou i kahi Italia!