Have you ever wondered what RISSÊU means? Come aboard: an unprecedented journey along the Ligurian coast is about to begin, to discover a Made in Italy treasure as precious as it is unknown to most. Rissêu. Pietre di mare e borghi di Liguria tra i Golfi Tigullio e Paradiso (edited by Rosangela Mammola, HiroAndCo Editore, 2025) is a photographic and cultural book that tells the story of the ancient art of rissêu — the evocative mosaics of black and white pebbles that decorate churchyards, squares and alleyways — weaving it together with the landscape of the villages overlooking the Gulf of Tigullio and the Gulf Paradiso.
LiguriaYou are in Portofino, where three churchyards hold as many rissêu, the black and white pebble pavements. Follow them from San Martino to San Giorgio, all the way to the small chapel in the woods: they will tell you about the village's bond with the sea. Texts by HIROAndCO
