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Do you want a quiet country locality where spend some nights? Or do you want to visit museums and enjoy many cultural cities? Do you want to go to the seaside and taste biological products?
Localities near
La Spezia:
Ameglia
Arcola
Beverino
Bolano
Bonassola
Borghetto Vara
Brugnato
Calice Al Cornoviglio
Carro
Carrodano
Casale Di Pignone
Castagnola Di Framura
Castelnuovo Magra
Ceparana Di Bolano
Chiama Di Maissana
La Foce
La Spezia
Levanto
Levanto 5 Terre
Maissana
Manarola
Marinasco
Montemarcello
Monterosso Al Mare
Ortonovo
Pian Di Follo
Pignone
Ponzano Superiore
Prati Di Vezzano
Prati Di Vezzano Ligure
Riomaggiore
Rocchetta Di Vara
San Terenzo Di Lerici
Sarzana
Trezzo Di Beverino
Vernazza
Vezzano Ligure
La Spezia: Tourism information La Spezia
La Spezia
La Spezia (Spèsa in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Gulf, and capital city of the province of La Spezia. It is one of the major Italian military and commercial harbours, located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea. La Spezia also hosts one of the biggest military industries of Italy, OTO Melara.
La Spezia: Main sights
La Spezia is a point of departure for the Cinque Terre, either by train or boat. The boat also leads you to Lerici and Portovenere before turning into the open sea towards the Cinque Terre.
Both Lerici and Portovenere are reachable by public transport (15 km) from the central station of La Spezia.
Main landmarks of the city proper include:
Churches
Cristo Re dei Secoli ("Christ the King of Centuries", cathedral), consecrated in 1975. The project was by Adalberto Libera.
Abbey church of Santa Maria Assunta ("Our Lady of the Assumption", 13th century). It houses a considerable series of artworks, some of them coming from other suppressed religious institutes. They include an Incoronation of the Virgin by Andrea della Robbia, the Multiplication of Bread by Giovanni Battista Casoni and st. Bartholomew's Martyrdom by Luca Cambiaso.
Santi Giovanni e Agostino ("Saints John and Augustine", 16th century). It has a single nave with 18th and 19th century decorations.
Museums
"Ubaldo Formentini" - Civic Museum in the Castle of San Giorgio
"Amedeo Lia" Museum
Palazzina delle Arti and Museum of Seals
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (CAMeC)
Diocesan Museum
Ethnographic Civic Museum
Technical Naval Museum
National Transportation Museum
Others
Castle of San Giorgio, recently restored. Probably originated from a watchtower, a first castle is known to have been built by Nicolò Fieschi in 1262. In 1273 the Genoese destroyed it, and a new fortification, along with a new line of walls, was erected by the podesteria of La Spezia from 1371. Annexed to this edifice, the Republic of Genoa added a new castle starting from 1607.
Public Gardens
Art Nouveau-style villas
Futurist mosaic by Prampolini inside the Post Office
La Spezia: Events
San Giuseppe, feast of the Patron Saint of the city, held on March 19.
Palio del Golfo, on first Sunday in August.
Cercantico, an antique fair, 1st Sunday of every month except July and August.
La Spezia localities:
ARCOLA BEVERINO BOLANO BONASSOLA Borghetto Di Vara Brugnato CALICE AL CORNOVIGLIO CARRO CARRODANO CASTELNUOVO MAGRA Deiva Marina Follo Framura LA SPEZIA Lerici LEVANTO MAISSANA MONTEROSSO AL MARE ORTONOVO PIGNONE Portovenere Ricco'' Del Golfo Di Spezia RIOMAGGIORE ROCCHETTA DI VARA Santo Stefano Di Magra SARZANA Sesta Godano Varese Ligure VERNAZZA VEZZANO LIGURE Zignago
Part of the information regarding the history, the art, the traditions and the events of the province of present La Spezia on this page is drawn from the situated one www.wikipedia.org respecting the GNU Free Documentation License.
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