Italy, 1956 -- Riomaggiore
1956 AD -- Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre
The colorful cliffside village during Italy's economic miracle. Vespa scooters, espresso bars, and fishermen painting their houses in bright colors to spot them from the sea.
Historical Curiosities
Discover real facts hidden throughout this diorama.
The Vespa was created in 1946 because Piaggio's airplane factories needed something new to build after the war.
In 1956, Italy won its first European Champions Cup... in football, of course. Real Madrid took it home.
Espresso was invented in Italy in 1906, but it didn't become popular in bars until the 1950s. You arrived just in time.
The Cinque Terre were so poor that not even tourists came. Today they are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In 1956, Italy was in the middle of the 'Miracolo Economico.' People were buying their first fridge and television.
Federico Fellini premiered 'La Strada' in 1954. Italian neorealism changed cinema forever.
The fishermen of Riomaggiore painted their houses in bright colors to recognize them from the sea.
In those years, a coffee cost 30 lire. Today those coins can only be found in antique markets.