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AREA:
51 sq km.
POPULATION:
96,939 HEIGHT
FROM SEA LEVEL (m): 3 WEB
SITE:
www.comune.sp.it |
La
Spezia, Liguria's second city, is situated at the centre of a bay that is
one of the deepest and best protected on the Italian coast: this is why it
was chosen in the nineteenth century as the site for the navy arsenal. The
construction of the arsenal radically changed the appearance of the city.
Until that time it had basically kept its mediaeval dimensions, which had
only been extended slightly in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Today's city not only has a commercial port but also some industries.
Worth visiting are the castle of San Giorgio, the church of Santa Maria
Assunta and the Lia Museum.
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