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Portofino (Ligurian: "Portofin") is a small Italian fishing village, "comune" and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town crowded round its small harbour is considered to be among the most beautiful Mediterranean ports. History: According to Pliny the Elder, Portofino was founded by the Romans and named "Portus Delphini", or "Port of the Dolphin", because of the large number of dolphins that inhabited the Tigullian Gulf. The village is mentioned in a "diploma" from 986 by Adelaide of Italy, which assigned it to the nearby Abbey of San Fruttoso di Capodimonte. In 1171, together with the neighbouring Santa Margherita Ligure, it was included in Rapallo's commune jurisdiction. After 1229 it was part of the Republic of Genoa. The town's natural harbour supported a fleet of fishing boats, but was somewhat too cramped to provide more than a temporary safe haven for the growing merchant marine of the Republic of Genoa. In 1409 Portofino was sold to the ... Read more about Portofino on Wikipedia