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La Spezia lays at the outermost
East of Liguria, a few kilometres from the boundary of Tuscany,
in the middle of a deep natural gulf which gives its name.
This gulf, also known by the nickname of “Golfo dei
Poeti” (Gulf of poets), is surrounded by a hill chain,
whose most imposing top is mount Parodi, which is located near
the western suburbs of the town. The gulf has an area of about
150 hectares, and is closed by an offshore dam which is long
about 2,210 metres. The gulf inlet is 4.6 kilometres in length
and 3.2 kilometres in width. The city stands therefore on a
narrow strip of land sandwiched between sea and mountain; direct
consequence of this is the presence of several hilly districts
and a rather irregular urban map, which in the Twenties required
even the excavation of the “Collina dei Cappuccini”
(Hill of the Capuchins), where currently lays Piazza Europa,
to allow the eastward development of the Old Town, towards the
“Piano di Migliarina”, being the west area already
taken by the Military Arsenal. This town planning development
required a massive reclamation work; actually, where today stands
most of the port was once an immense wetland area, known as
“Stagnoni” (Big Ponds). For the peculiar shape of
its gulf, repaired by the fury of storm surges and hypothetical
enemy attacks, in La Spezia was built one of the largest Navy’s
arsenals and, over the years, one of the major cargo ports
of the Mediterranean Sea.
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