Lerici, Province of La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

History | Culture

🇮🇹 Lerici is a town and comune in the province of La Spezia in Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, 8 km south-east of La Spezia. It is known as the place where the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. The town is connected by ferry to the Cinque Terre and Portovenere.

One of the main sights of Lerici is its castle which since its first founding in 1152 was used to help control the entrance of the Gulf of La Spezia. For a long time, the castle contained a museum of palaeontology inspired by a local lad (Walter) finding dinosaur bones in the region.

History The origins of the town date back to the Etruscan period. In the Middle Ages the town came under Genoese control. After it had been sold to Lucca, it became involved in a series of conflicts between Genoa and Pisa, as it was on their common border. In 1479, the town came under Genoese sway for good.

Culture Lerici is one of the mariner communities which take part in the Palio del Golfo, a rowing contest held in La Spezia every first Sunday of August.

Europe/Rome/Provincia_di_La_Spezia 

Lerici has a population of over 10,130 people. Lerici also forms part of the wider La Spezia Province which has a population of over 220,225 people. Lerici is situated 8 km south of La Spezia.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Lerici has links with:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Horsham, England 🇫🇷 Mougins, France

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North of: 44.076

🇺🇸 Rapid City 44.076

🇷🇸 Bor 44.079

🇺🇸 Auburn 44.083

🇷🇺 Tuapse 44.1

🇫🇷 Digne-les-Bains 44.1

🇺🇸 Lewiston 44.101

🇮🇹 La Spezia 44.102

🇫🇷 Millau 44.106

🇺🇸 Manitowoc 44.108

🇺🇸 Oxford 44.117

South of: 44.076

🇨🇦 Quinte West 44.067

🇮🇹 Carrara 44.067

🇺🇸 Le Ray 44.067

🇺🇸 Bend 44.058

🇫🇷 Carpentras 44.056

🇮🇹 Rimini 44.055

🇺🇸 Eugene 44.052

🇨🇦 Newmarket 44.05

🇷🇺 Pyatigorsk 44.042

🇮🇹 Massa 44.035

East of: 9.91

🇨🇲 Kribi 9.91

🇩🇰 Aalborg 9.926

🇩🇪 Altona 9.933

🇨🇲 Nkongsamba 9.933

🇩🇪 Werra-Meißner 9.933

🇩🇪 Würzburg 9.937

🇩🇪 Göttingen 9.938

🇩🇪 Hildesheim 9.951

🇩🇪 Neumünster 9.983

🇩🇪 Ulm 9.988

West of: 9.91

🇦🇹 Bregenz 9.895

🇹🇳 Bizerte 9.872

🇮🇹 Sondrio 9.867

🇩🇪 Buchholz in der Nordheide 9.867

🇩🇰 Horsens 9.85

🇩🇪 Eckernförde 9.835

🇳🇬 Bauchi 9.833

🇮🇹 La Spezia 9.82

🇦🇹 Bludenz 9.817

🇩🇪 Pinneberg 9.8

Antipodal to Lerici is: -170.09,-44.076

Locations Near: Lerici 9.90999,44.076

🇮🇹 La Spezia 9.82,44.102 d: 7.7  

🇮🇹 Carrara 10.1,44.067 d: 15.2  

🇮🇹 Massa 10.139,44.035 d: 18.9  

🇮🇹 Viareggio 10.233,43.867 d: 34.8  

🇮🇹 Pisa 10.4,43.717 d: 56  

🇮🇹 Lucca 10.515,43.842 d: 55  

🇮🇹 Livorno 10.32,43.553 d: 66.8  

🇮🇹 Capannori 10.567,43.85 d: 58.3  

🇮🇹 Parma 10.34,44.799 d: 87.3  

🇮🇹 Montecatini Terme 10.783,43.88 d: 73.2  

Antipodal to: Lerici -170.09,-44.076

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17420.8  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16701.3  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16648.5  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16494.3  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12758.1  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12677.2  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12664.4  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12659.4  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12658.9  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12639.4  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 44.076 9.90999

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