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Lerici

10.900 inhabitants , province of La Spezia (SP) map

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The ” Pearl of the Golf of Lerici “

Lerici

Lerici is located just 11 km south of La Spezia and is by all means worth a visit.

One of the main sights in Lerici is the notorious Castle controlling the entrance of Il Golfo di La Spezia.

Today the Castle is the frame of a museum of palaeontology and can be reached within 10 minutes walk from the central square ‘Piazza Garibaldi’ of Lerici.

More information can be found on the official site of the commune of Lerici, which will give you links to local Hotel’s and Guest house’s, Restaurant’s and Pizzeria’s, Museum’s and Art Galleries as will as giving you practical information on public transport and cultural events throughout the year.

Lerici is a small and sweet town which although dependent on tourism has it life of its own making visits off season even more attractive. Il Golfo di Lerici, aka Golfo dei Poeti, can be as romantic as the occasion may require and one of the traditional restaurants in the little port carrying the same name ‘Golfo dei Poeti’ serves you a most famous Spaghetti di Casa said to have been highly appraised by the Queen Paola of Belgium also of Italian origin.

The beaches of Lerici and San Terenzo (the neighboring town) are the first beaches south of the fabulous Cinque Terre area between Genova and La Spezia. The beaches are few and often over-crowded in high season, but in June and September you will enjoy the mild climate the empty beaches the great eating and the quiet life of a traditional village on the Italian north west coast.

If you wish to visit the Cinque Terre the boat leaves from the central square Piazza Garibaldi up to several times a day depending of the season.

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This same boat also brings you to Portovenere right in front of Lerici.

Notable people

Italian author Mario Soldati had a residence in the frazione of Tellaro.

Portovenere

4,097 inhabitants , province of La Spezia (SP) map

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Zip Code	19025
Phone Prefix	(+39) 0187

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Portovenere (sometimes, in English, Porto Venere) is a town and comune (municipality) located on the Ligurian coast of Italy in the province of La Spezia. It comprises the three villages of Fezzano, Le Grazie and Portovenere, and the three islands of Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto. In 1997 Portovenere and the villages of Cinque Terre were designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
History
The ancient Portus Veneris is believed to date back to at least the middle of the 1st century BCE. It has been said that the name refers to a temple to the goddess Venus which was sited on the promontory where the church of Peter the Apostle now stands. The name has also been linked to that of the hermit Saint Venerius. In Roman times the city was essentially a fishing community.After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , Portovenere became the base of the Byzantine fleet in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, but was destroyed by the Lombards in 643 CE. Later, it was a frequent target of Saracen raids. First indications of the existence of a castle date from 1113, and in 1161 the walls were erected. Portovenere became a fiefdom of a family from Vezzano before passing to Genoa in the early 12th century. In 1494 it suffered a devastating bombardment from the Aragonese fleet during their war with Genoa: subsequently the old part of the town declined in importance, giving way to the development of the Borgo Nuovo (or new district), which had existed from 1139 and is centered on the church of St. Peter.The Gothic church of Saint Peter, consecrated in 1198. It was built over a pre-existing 5th century Palaeo-Christian church, which had rectangular plan and semicircular apse. The new part, from the 13th century, is marked externally by white and black stripes.The Romanesque church of Saint Lawrence, erected in 1098 by the Genoese. It probably occupies the site of ancient temple dedicated to Jupiter. The church was damaged by a fire in 1340 and by the Aragonese attack in 1494, and was further restored in 1582.

The Doria Castle

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