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La Spezia · Liguria
Things to see in La Spezia
In La Spezia the atlas lists 27 historic places: 12 museums, 6 historic villas and palaces, 3 fortresses and towers, 3 historic theatres, 2 castles and 1 abbey or monastery.
Of these, 5 list opening hours.
Don’t miss: Technical Naval Museum at La Spezia (1870), museum in Italy.
By date of construction, the most common period is the Modern era (57% of dated places) and the Early modern period (29% of dated places).
- 27historic places
- 92,119inhabitants
- 3 maltitude
The town
La Spezia is a town in Liguria in the northwestern region of Italy.
La Spezia is one of the four provinces of Liguria and has a population of about 91,391 inhabitants. La Spezia's inhabitants are called Spezzini. The area of this Ligurian town is of 51.4 square kilometers.
It's a beautiful city with a beautiful sea that blends with the nearby mountains. A good overlap of sky, earth and water. The streets are full of bergamot trees, and next to the beach there are really beautiful gardens with weird plants, absolutely well maintained.
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27 places
Museums 12
Villas and palaces 6
Fortresses and towers 3
Historic theatres 3
Abbeys and monasteries 1
Getting there
A direct train runs nightly from Vienna, taking 16 hours via Klagenfurt, Villach, Padua, Vicenza, Verona Porta Nuova, Milan Rogoredo and Genoa Piazza Principe.
Trains from Genoa Brignole run hourly and take 60-90 min. They may continue to Pisa, Rome or Naples, and may start from Turin. From Milan change in Turin, from Nice change in Genoa.
These trains pass through CinqueTerre National Park, with the slower trains stopping at Rapallo, Chiavari, Sestri Levanti, Levanto, Monterosso and Riomaggiore.
La Spezia Centrale is 500 m northwest of town centre.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Nostra Signora della Salute (Madonna della Scorza). Consecrated in 1900. Cattedrale di Cristo Re. Consecrated in 1975. Castello di San Giorgio. The structure preserved and visible today is the work of the Genoese who also built several other fortifications in the Gulf to defend against Muslim raids. The development of the city's entire area of the gulf of La Spezia is therefore always been related to the military function of the area.
Chiesa del Sacro Cuore (Church of the Sacred Heart) huddles below the Castello.
Centre of Modern and Contemporary Art (CAMeC). Naval Museum. Scola Tower. A former military building on a tiny island, later converted to a lighthouse. An interesting abandoned building worth taking a picture in, if you happen to go around.
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