Vi gleder oss litt ekstra når unge kvinner reiser i, og pakker klær fra Ioanna Kourbela i kofferten. De unge har for alvor begynte oppdage merket vårt. Da er det ikke bare i begeistring over det unike ved designen hennes, men ikke minst over de etiske og bærekraftige dimensjonene. På denne turen var de med til Italia og Portofino, og andre vakre steder. Vi fester oss litt ekstra ved Portofino denne gangen.
Portofino ( italiensk uttale: [ˌpɔrtoˈfiːno]; ligurisk: Portofin [ˌpɔɾtuˈfiŋ]) er en kommune som ligger utenfor Genova, på den italienske rivieraen. Byen er samlet rundt sin lille havn, og er kjent for de fargerike bygningene som ligger langs kysten. Siden slutten av 1800-tallet har Portofino tiltrukket turister fra det europeiske aristokratiet, og er nå et feriested for verdens jetset.
Pliny the Elder (AD 23 - AD 79) referred to Portus Delphini (Port of the Dolphin) as on the Ligurian coast between Genoa and the Gulf of Tigullio.[6]
The village is mentioned in a diploma from 986 by Adelaide of Italy, which assigned it to the nearby Abbey of San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte. In 1171, together with the neighboring Santa Margherita Ligure, it was included in Rapallo's commune jurisdiction. After 1229 it was part of the Republic of Genoa. The town's natural harbor supported a fleet of fishing boats but was somewhat too cramped to provide more than a temporary safe haven for the growing merchant marine of the Republic of Genoa.
In 1409 Portofino was sold to the Republic of Florence by Charles VI of France, during the period that he was also lord of the Genoese Republic, but when the latter was ousted from Genoa, the Florentines gave it back. In the 15th century, it was a fief of families such as the Fieschi, Spinola, Adorno, and Doria.
In 1815 it became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia and, from 1861, of the unified Kingdom of Italy.
In the late 19th century, first British, then other Northern European aristocratic tourists began to visit Portofino, which they reached by horse and cart from Santa Margherita Ligure. Aubrey Herbert and Elizabeth von Arnim were among the more famous English people to make the area fashionable. Eventually, more expatriates built expensive holiday houses, and by 1950 tourism had replaced fishing as the town's chief industry, and the waterfront was a continuous ring of restaurants and cafés.
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