The Coast of Italy Author:Antonio Attini, Alberto Bertolazzi Including the shores of Sicily and Sardinia, Italy has over 55,000 miles of shoreline. This long line winds its way from the Italian Riviera to Dalmatia: it comprises rocky coasts set between tall mountains and seas that drop to dramatic depths such as the coasts of most of Liguria, as well as broad shores that slope gently from the nearby hills... more »ides, favoured by centuries of fluvial fill that has created wide beaches like the ones along the Adriatic.This book is a visual celebration of the seas that surround Italy. Organized geographically, it takes readers on a journey from north to south along the Tyrrhenian coast, down to Lampedusa, and then back up the Adriatic Coast to the Gulf of Trieste. It also makes a stop in Sicily and Sardinia. A general introduction explores Italy's age-old relationship with the sea, placing this expedition in a historical context. The chapters that follow are divided by macro regions based on morphological and cultural boundaries.Informative essays and captions provide readers with extensive information on each site, while hundreds of full-colour photographs convey the many faces of the seas in which Italy is immersed through aerial views and coastal landscapes. This book is targeted press release featuring the six new titles in this series to be published this autumn. It provides a review copy mailing to travel magazines and newspapers.« less