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Ideas · SET 21359

Italian Riviera

A Ligurian village of shops, colourful houses and seaside life. Architecture alternates with everyday scenes of food and fishing.

Pieces: 3,251
Release year: 2025
Theme: Ideas
Set number: 21359
LEGO recommended age: 18+
LEGO retail price · Italy: 279.99 €

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TIME TO BUILD

How long does it take to build Italian Riviera?

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Beginner

≈ 23 hSuggested range16 h – 32 h 15 min

Intermediate

≈ 15 hSuggested range10 h 30 min – 21 h

Experienced

≈ 10 h 30 minSuggested range7 h 15 min – 14 h 45 min

Based on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.

How we estimate times · sources and method

Three buildings and many small furnishings suit several sessions. The review suggests at least ten hours and probably longer. The three experience bands are cautious editorial assessments, not measured averages.

Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.

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The review recommends at least ten hours, probably more.

Checked: 22 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.

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MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR NEXT BUILD

How much display space does it need?

Model or component measured by LEGO

Height: ≈ 23 cm
Width: ≈ 34 cm
Depth / length: ≈ 31 cm

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Which model was measured? · original Italian specification

Decorazione a tema italiano: questo set con villaggio da collezione di 3.251 pezzi LEGO® Ideas misura 23 cm di altezza, 34 cm di larghezza e…

Approximate assembled-model measurements, not packaging dimensions. Allow extra room for handling, moving parts and the display stand. The comparison uses the measured model’s overall footprint, allows a 90° rotation and does not assess stability or shelf load. Source LEGO ↗ · 2026-10-29

BEYOND THE BRICKS

Did you know?

The model, the history, the ideas

Inside the set

People live above the shops

The gelateria, fish shop and diving-equipment shop have their owners’ homes above. Lift off floors and roofs to explore them.

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Cooking becomes part of the story

A grandmother teaches her grandson to make trofie and focaccia while a cat steals a fish in the alley.

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Beyond the set

The stories, places and inventions behind your build.

A landscape recognised in 1997

Portovenere, the Cinque Terre and the islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The listing recognises a cultural landscape, not a single building.

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UNESCO’s listing includes Portovenere, Cinque Terre and the islands Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto. Settlement patterns and transformed slopes define a cultural landscape. Its character extends beyond colourful façades to the relationship between buildings, terrain and activities shaping the coast.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Terraces tell a story of human work

UNESCO highlights how villages and terraces adapted settlements to steep terrain. The coast’s beauty reflects centuries of change and maintenance too.

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Dry-stone terraces adapted steep slopes for vines and olive trees. UNESCO emphasises the community cooperation needed to maintain them. Their stepped pattern is agricultural infrastructure as well as scenery, preserving repeated work in the landscape’s physical form and making cultivation possible on difficult ground.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026

Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 22 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.

THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE

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Three separate scores from 1 to 10. For difficulty, 1 means very easy and 10 means very difficult.

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SET THE MOOD

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An understated option for following the instructions and working on details, without claiming a narrative connection to the subject. This pairing follows the pace of the session; the alternatives let you change the mood.

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Inspired By Bach: The Cello Suites

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