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Regarding Manarola The first historical tokens are related to the Fieschi family dominion. Fieschi were defeated in 1273 When the Republic of Genoa sent a fleet of fourteen galleys to fight the rebel Nicholas, Manarola's master. Under Genoa's dominion the village Progressively Grew and Became one of the most important suppliers of produce: such as wine and oil.

Due to the ITS agricultural attitude the name Manarola is said to descend from the dialectal word Manaraea (preceding the current Manaaea ), deriving from the ancient magna roea, the big stone of a watermill. In fact, an old oil mill, restored by the National Park, can be Admired in the lower part of the village.

Several buildings, located in the square named Piazza Innocent IV, can be visited: the Ligurian-Gothic church of Saint Lawrence, with tree barrel vaulted naves and a Baroque interior, built in 1338; the squared White Bell Tower, an old watchtower built in the fourteenth century; the fifteenth-century Oratory of the Santissima Annunziata Disciplined, and the ancient Hospital of Saint Roch.