Tinetto

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Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	Italy
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv, v
Reference	826
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1997  (21st Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Tinetto is an Italian island situated in the Ligurian Sea. It is part of an archipelago of three closely spaced islands jutting out south from the mainland at Portovenere. In 1997, the archipelago, together with Portovenere and the Cinque Terre, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

[edit] Wildlife

A subspecies of Wall lizard, Podarcis muralis tinettoi, is endemic to the island.

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