The village of San Fruttuoso is set in a breathtakingly beautiful inlet lying at the foot of mount Portofino. The village lies around San Fruttuoso di Capodimonte Benedictine monastery, which includes an abbey built in the 13th century, a 10th-century church, a small Romanesque cloister, and the sepulchre of the Doria family who founded the abbey. Fifty feet underwater in the inlet the statue of Christ of the Abysses, protector of divers, is to be found. The statue can be glimpsed from the surface when the waters are calm. The nice city of Portofino lies to the south of the promontory; gathered around the little marine square, the city has been an international and elitist resort for two centuries.
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