CinqueTerre /Monterosso 2xPIP

On our way from Monterosso to Levanto, there is a lot that amazed me:

PIP1: Such military installations are to be seen at this coast some, it seems one has adjusted there in former times already to attacks from the sea

PIP2: The statue of the giant
The Giant is a figure carved out of the rock above the beach. The statue of the Giant represents the sea god Neptune, who looks at the beach and the sea, if you believe the tradition he protects the fishermen. The statue is fourteen meters high and weighs one hundred and seventy tons.
It was designed in 1910 by the architect Francesco Levacher and built by the sculptor Arrio Minerbi. Originally, there was a terrace on the rock where dance events were held.
During the Second World War, the statue was damaged in a bombing raid and then not rebuilt to its original state. To make an idea of the original appearance of the statue.