Manarola (Manaea in the local dialect) is a small town, a frazione of the comune (municipality) of Riomaggiore, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, Northern Italy.

Manarola may be the oldest of the towns in the Cinque Terre, with the cornerstone of the church, San Lorenzo, dating from 1338[citation needed].

[2][3] Andreoli built the original nucleus of the crib figures, of what was consecrated in 2007 as the largest nativity scene in the world[citation needed].

In the days before December 8, 2022, the date on which the Nativity scene was lit, Andreoli had requested that the fireworks be made, an event not foreseen in recent years.

His work in the creation of the manger, its preparation and conservation will be managed and preserved by the association that takes his name, established on November 2, 2017[citation needed].

For the Festa di San Lorenzo, Andreoli created a luminous representation of the saint on the grill, the place of his legendary martyrdom.