Lerici
Sign in to saveLerici (, locally ) is a comune in the province of La Spezia, in the Italian region of Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, southeast 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 Porto Venere.
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Lerici is a coastal town in northwestern Italy, located in Liguria on the Gulf of La Spezia, known historically as the place where Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. The town serves as a practical transportation hub, with ferry connections to nearby tourist destinations like Cinque Terre and Porto Venere.
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- Liguria
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- La Spezia (SP)
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- San Terenzo, Tellaro, La Serra, Pugliola, Solaro, Muggiano, Pozzuolo, Venere Azzurra, Senato
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- Leonardo Paoletti
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- 10205
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- 31 August 2017
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Lerici (, locally ) is a comune in the province of La Spezia, in the Italian region of Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, southeast 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 Porto Venere.
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.