Portovitra
Portovitra is an ancient seaside town built in the style of the Mediterranean seaside towns of Northern Italy and Monaco. Named Portovitra as a play on the Northern Italian town of Portofino, it is a town serviced by, and centered around, its small fishing port found at the base of the hillside town.
The town was built within the two large outer walls, erected as a sea wall to create an artificial harbour, as there were no suitable fishing harbours in the area at the time. Since then, the town of Portovitra has grown and expanded tot he size it is today.
The architecture of Portovitra is heavily influenced by Frank Gehry’s sculptural and additive style. Many of the buildings in Portovitra are either heavily influenced by, or direct recreations of, pieces of Gehry’s architectural works.
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