Cultivated with care, this Ligurian oil represents its region well. Recognizable in its gold wrapper makes it is perfect for gift-giving. Liguria region The name is Liguritio comes from the region Liguria, also called the 'Italian Riviera' or 'flower Riviera'. This is the smallest region of Italia (7 km wide and 100 km long) and is adjacent to France. The Costa Azure is situated in the corner of Genua on the Tyrrhenian Sea. This region consists of the Alps and the Apennines mountain ranges. Only 10% of the landscape is flat and about half of the entire region is covered with forest.