I recently switched to Windows 7 & there are a series of Italian scenes that you can select for your wallpaper. Unfortunately there's no identification as to what town each picture is of. I am trying to figure out which town is the one on the ocean (kinda looks like the Cinque Terre but it's not). It's driving me crazy because I want to know the name of the town so I can visit it on my next trip. Thanks to anyone that can assist me.
Posted by
Nederland, CO
108 posts
If it's the same one I'm looking at, it's Manarola.
Posted by
OP
Alta Loma, CA, USA
1446 posts
It's not Manarola though it does look like it could be somewhere on the Ligurian coast (or Amalfi coast). Just can't figure out exactly where!
Posted by
Freedonia
16287 posts
Are you talking about the one with the pink house in the middle? It's Manarola. (The actual title is Manarola on the Mediterranean.)
Posted by
OP
Alta Loma, CA, USA
1446 posts
Wow...you are right! I didn't think it was the Cinque Terre but it is. It was taken from a tight vantage point & I didn't recognize it. Thanks so much.
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32353 posts
Sheron,
If it's the same one I found, it's definitely Manarola. Is this the one - blog.kirb.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/it-wp1.jpg?
I have a similar scene on the Desktop of one of my computers - www.toddadams.net/images/wallpaper/hires/Manarola,%20Italy%20at%20sunset.jpg
As I recall, the walkway on the lower left is the start of the famous "Via del'Amore", which leads to Riomaggiore.
Cheers!
Posted by
OP
Alta Loma, CA, USA
1446 posts
Yes, that's similiar to the picture that I'm referring to. I'm embarassed to admit that I was there in September but didn't recognize the Windows 7 picture as being Manarola because it's a "tight" picture & doesn't show the whole town so I didn't recognize it, and the colors of the buildings are different in the Win7 picture than in my pictures. Either it was photoshopped or the buildings have since been painted. Thanks everyone for helping me identify it.
Posted by
Northern, CA, United States
58 posts
Wow! What a beautiful picture. Thank you Ken for providing the site. Thank you Sheron for the query so I could see this gorgeous photo.
Take care.
Posted by
manarola, italy
63 posts
Hello everybody, I (obviously) confirm that the town is Manarola, you can read an article on this blog about the Cinque Terre
Within the article there'also a link to a great WIN 7 themes gallery.
Bye