Monterosso al Mare (Ligurian: Munterussu)[3] is a town and comune in the province of La Spezia, part of the region of Liguria, Northern Italy.

The local train station is located at Fegina and the beaches are relatively larger compared to the narrow cliffs that characterize the other villages of the Cinque Terre.

During World War II, many young men from the Cinque Terre fought for the resistance against the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini, and the subsequent Nazi German occupation of Italy.

In Monterosso, near the beach of Fegina, is the statue of the Giant/Neptune created by the Italian sculptor Arrigo Minerbi (the favourite artist of Gabriele D’Annunzio) and the architect Francesco Levacher.

In the past, the impressive fourteen-metre high sculpture stood on the promontory as part of the decoration of the luxurious Villa Pastine (built in the early 1900s).

[4] During World War II, Monterosso was bombed by allied forces, and the Neptune statue (along with the villa) suffered serious damage.