La Spezia still retains its character as the main harbour for the Italian Navy. Its port also allows the movement of cargo ships, and it has truly become the main port of call for large cruise ships .
Many beautifully decorated buildings in the center of La Spezia, dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries, can be seen when walking around the city. In the new part of the city you can see very innovative modern architecture. Several very well-curated art and historical museums make cultural visits possible. A large pedestrian area with many shops, restaurants and bars for every taste can be used for a fun night, especially in spring and summer.
По итальянским стандартам Специя – совершенно новый город. В 19 веке Наполеон Бонапарт начал понимать, что Специя могла бы стать идеальной военно-морской базой для имперского флота.
With the help of his uncle, Pope Innocent IV, Fieschi took refuge in La Spezia, where he began to build the castle of San Giorgio with the intention of creating a strong Signoria Guelph, the expansion of which covered many territories of the East Ligurian Riviera .
Genoa could not put up with such a dangerous threat to its borders and inevitably started a war against Fieschi. The war ended in 1276 with the victory of Genoa; from then until 1797, La Spezia and its entire bay were ruled by the powerful Primorsky Republic.
Despite the defeat, La Spezia gained a stronger leading role than other centers of the bay, thanks to the flourishing trade in salt . The city was surrounded by walls, and the castle, built by Nicolo Fieschi, has expanded and improved over the centuries.
Fearing that La Spezia Bay might fall into the hands of the enemy, from the mid-sixteenth century the Republic of Genoa began a defensive program that included the construction of massive fortifications at the most strategic points of the bay. Even today, those who come to the city from the sea can see the “School Tower” of Torre Skola in the eastern part of the island of Palmaria, forts “Santa Maria”, “Varignano” and “Pezzino” along the western coast of the bay.
As evidence of acquired strategic importance, in 1576, La Spezia became the residence of the captain, who was one of the eight “main offices” of the Republic of Genoa. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the city walls were expanded: today on Via Prion on the corner from Via Cavallotti you can see part of these walls. Genoa, however, never gave Spezia the opportunity to really expand its trade, and the economic life of the city dried up: the size of the city remained unchanged for many centuries, within the area of a rectangle of 250×300 m with a population of 2000-2500 inhabitants, which remained the same for a long time.
In 1797, the Republic of Genoa was conquered by Napoleon. With the arrival of the French, a new chapter in the history of the city opened: Napoleon decided to build a large naval arsenal on the west coast of the bay. French projects were drawn only on paper, because the rapid fall of Napoleon stopped the implementation of the work.
In 1815, Liguria came under the rule of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the real urban revolution in La Spezia occurred only with the Unification of the Italian Kingdom, in 1861 . At that time, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Camillo Cavour, decided to equip the new state with a strong and modern fleet and chose La Spezia as the main center. project. Arsenal construction work began in 1862 and ended in 1869. It was a huge job: the old city was partially destroyed to accommodate the space of the new facility;whole new neighborhoods were built, some of which were designed to accommodate more than 8,000 workers employed in the arsenal; new roads were opened, a railway line and new industrial enterprises were built throughout the city: the 5,000 inhabitants living in La Spezia in 1861 exceeded 100,000 in the early years of the twentieth century.
During World War II, La Spezia was a strategic military objective of paramount importance, and the city was dependent to mass bombing. For this reason, today, walking along the streets of the city center, old and modern buildings often alternate.
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The railway that today takes us to the villages and beaches of The Cinque Terre was a revolutionary construction project, that requested a refined technology for the time. It is one of the most charming railway stretches in the world, the one connecting the five villages of the Cinque Terre. The villages used to be almost completely isolated […]
The coast of the Cinque Terre by the sea: a joy for the eyes not only for those who own a boat. The success of the Cinque Terre makes them very attractive for those who like to sail and motorboats, yachts, sailboats flock more and more in the coves and beaches of this stretch of coast, sometimes in […]
Over 6000 kilometers for the longest trek in the world: The Sentiero Italia in Liguria also touches our heights.
Этот парень принадлежал к одной из самых влиятельных семей в Генуе, но был вынужден покинуть город из-за войны между Гвельфи и Гибеллини, которые распространились по всей Италии.
Museo Navale – Museo navale e della tecnica navale
Via G. Amendola, 1; biglietto: 1.55€; dalle 8.00 alle 19.30 da lunedi a domenica
Museo Amedeo Lia – Collezione d’arte italian dal XIII al XVIII secolo
Via del Prione, 234; biglietto 7€ da Martedi a Dimenica dalle 10 alle 18
Camec – Centro di arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Piazza C. Battisti, 1; biglietto 5€; da Martedi a Domenica dalle 11 alle 18
Museo del Sigillo – Collezione di sigilli da tutto il mondo
Mercoledi e Giovedi dalle 15 alle 18 da Venerdi a DOmenica 10-13 /15-18; chiuso Lunedi e Martedi. Biglietti: 3,5€
Museo Etnografico – una collezione completa di materiali e manufatti artistici da Lunigiana e Val di Vara, a partire dal 18° secolo.
Via del Prione, 156 – martedi, 10.00-12.30 da Venerdi a Domenica 10-12.30/16-19
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La Spezia Carnival floats get back to town, with a big street party. Meet Batiston, the guy who wanted the throne as King of the Carnival. A brief history of the traditional mask of La Spezia. Naples has Pulcinella, Venice has Pantalone and Colombina, Viareggio has Burlamacco, Bologna has Balanzone, Arlecchino is from Bergamo and […]
This weekend the national FAI Autumn Days are back, with many cultural assets to visit throughout Italy! The traditional opening of public places normally closed to visitors, will take place on 12 and 13 October, and as always will have a particular preference of cultural heritage buildings unknown even to those who live a short […]
The feast of the Madonna Bianca that every year on August 17 animates the village of Portovenere, has ancient origins. The birth of the Marian devotion in Portovenere dates back to a summer night in 1399 when the house of one Luciardo occurred a miracle “August 16, 1399, the voice goes around from street to street:” […]
La Spezia in these days celebrates one of the most beautiful festivals, the Festa del Mare, with the Palio del Golfo, which sees the villages of the Gulf of Spezia competing in a race of strokes in the waters in front of the city. A heartfelt race, which is said to draw its origins from […]
Fezzano is the winner of the 2018’s Palio del Golfo edition. What are the numbers of this old La Spezia’s tradition, set by the Gulf’s fishers?
In the Carispezia Foundation, from April 14 until June 30, 2019, some of the most iconic shots by the American photographer are on display. In front of the lens of Barry Feinstein the greatest celebrities of Hollywood and of music not only made in the USA have come and gone. Between the 50s and 70s […]
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