The origin of Monterosso like Corniglia and Vernazza, are made to go back to
the age of Roman republic when, after the defeat of from Liguria ones in the
180 a.C., their lands passed to the families of coloni roman insediate along
the zone costiera. For having some news historical more reliable
it must arrive to the 642-643, when the troops of longobardo Rotari seeded
destruction in all zone. The inhabitants of Albereto, small nucleus in the
vicinities of Soviore, after the destruction of village, would be it shelters
to you on the coast, protect from the castle that extended on the hill
of S.Cristoforo, giving origin, in goes them of the Buranco, to the country
of Monterosso. According to other historians the village it would have had
origin around per year 1000 when, diminished danger of the incursions saracene,
there was a migratory phenomenon from the necks towards the sea.
It can be said that the villages of Five Lands in they structure are born just in this period.
Also Monterosso belongs to the Obertenghi getlteman. The most ancient document in which the country
laughed them to 1056 is mentioned when " in native place Monte Russo" marquis Guido of
the Obertenghi made some donations land. In the 1110 divennero masters of Monterosso the getlteman
of Lagneto in fight against the Fieschi, powerful original family of Blackboard.
In the successive century
the country was then conteso
from other families and
passed therefore to the
Fieschi, to From Passes, the
Malaspina.I Genovesi and the
Malaspina met for the
possession of Monterosso.
The Castle passed also to
the Pisani but in the 1254
Pisa it gave back it to
Genoa. The definitive
conquest from genovese part
happened time shortly and
carried a period of greater
political stability. In fact
in the 1276 all the Five
Lands are under the Republic
of Genoa. In XIV the century
the Republic had to take
part in crews in order to
stop Castruccio Castracani,
determined to march on Genoa,
bloccandolo to Levanto and
forcing it to sign one peace
to Soviore. In XV the
century there was one
conspiracy against Genoa
from part of the Fieschi
family, in favor of which
Moterosso had been
schierata. But Genoa
succeeded to defeat the
Fieschi and to bring back
the order in the country. In
1545 it endured an attack
from 10 Turkish boat vessels
and endured most serious
losses of women and children.
In the 1548 village it was
in miserevoli conditions a
lot that a delegation was
sended to Genoa in order to
ask aid the Senate. In XVI
the century the ecnomia of
the country risollevò thanks
to the commerce of fresh the
fish and salato, and to the
silk cocoon export, of the
chestnuts, the lemons, the
wine.
