Saturday, September 27th for the "European Heritage Days: Great Abbeys and monasteries, priceless heritage of the Middle Ages, you can visit the Abbey of San Fruttuoso, well FAI The famous Abbey of San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte is situated between Camogli and Portofino, in a deep inlet on the rugged coast of Portofino.
Inizialmnte peri monastery monks, the San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte became humble home for fishermen, sometimes haunt of pirates, then for centuries the property of the Princes Doria: an absolutely unique place, where man's work was successfully integrated with that of nature. You can visit the monastery of the X-XI century with the Cloisters, the Chapter House, the Church, and the tombs of the Doria and the body at sea Gothic of the thirteenth century.
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