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Lerici situated to the extremity orients them of the "Gulf of the Poets" dominated from the imposing castle of Saint George, from XII the Lerici century it is already shaped like marine and emporio port of call of remarkable importance. About it they speak Dante in the Purgatorio:

"Between Lerice and the Turbia, most desert, the most broken off ruina scale is one, towards of that one, easy and opened" (Dante Alighieri, Divine Commedia, Purg.III, 49-51)

Boccaccio acclimatizes the end of one here its novel, and Petrarch that the Eryx like dwelling of the goddess Atena indicates fortissimus, cercatrice of oil. Currently the castle, as a result of the ritrovamento happened in the territory of tracks of dinosauri, is center of the Geopaleontologico Museum realized in knows them inner and in the courtyard, with structures and techniques of vanguard (simulation robotics, multimediale navigation, reproduction of scenes and atmospheres with I use of diorami).

An other aspect that ago only these places is the natural beauty that, joined in the dolcezza of the climate, succeeds to speak to the sensibility about who arrives here. Pushes, beyond that from the search of the physical well-being, also from the romantica conception of the travel like satisfaction of the intelletto and the spirit, reach to you at the beginning of the 800 English poets Percy B. Shelley, with the moglie creatrice brilliant Mary of the Frankenstein, and Lord George G. Byron.

"We ramble in this delicious bay in the breeze of the evening and under the summery moon until the earth an other world" (Percy B. Shelley appears us)

For all century XIX and it puts into effect it choose them these numerous places writers and poets: from stage for the medieval pilgrimage the gulf of Lerici makes art center and rocks of poetry, a lot that the dramatist Sem Benelli, that the supper of the pranks) in the turret of Marigola Villa wrote part of its work more celebre (, christened it in 1919 with the name of Gulf of the Poets with which today is universal famous. Here in the 1800's the French scrittrice George Sand has acclimatized understanding it of its stormy sentimentale history with Alfred de Musset. Marigola villa, hour Center studies of the Savings and loan company of La Spezia, is a fundamental point of reference for conventions is scientific that humanistic. Always in these places, at the beginning of the 1900's they found a shelter for their love the German Frieda von Richthofen with English David H. Lawrence, author de the lover of Lady Chatterley, and Annie Vivanti with Giosuè Carducci. And then still Gabriel D' Annunzio, the scrittrice Emma d' Orczy, author de the primula red, than to the Panorama made itself to construct to the villa the Padula, until arriving to our days when Lerici has been elect like residence from Valentino Bompiani, the Greenhouse from Giovanni Judges, Tellaro from Mario Soldiers and Attilio Bertolucci.

"Or blessed spiagge where the amor, the freedom, the dreams does not have chains" (Ceccardo R. Ceccardi)

Under waters of Caletta, small bay on the coast for Tellaro, has been recovered the rests of a roman ship with a marble column, for which the insenatura it constitutes hour an interesting underwater archaeological park. The spiagge of Lerici, Saint Terenzo, Fiascherino and reefs of Tellaro, they concur to choose between spiagge private and free equipped. Also for year 2006, to Lerici, it has been conferred the Blue Flag for the quality of the spiagge. Tellaro is the last inhabited center of the coast orients them of the Common one of Lerici in the Gulf of the Poets, and has been recently inserted in the directory of the "beautifulr Villages of Italy". The common one of Lerici moreover makes part of the regional natural Park of Montemarcello - Lean, and from Tip White woman, evocative southern full of rocks end of the cape of the Caprione, until to the green valley of Vara, the Park includes a territory of 4320,8 hectares, rich of natural, historical and cultural valences.

Places to visit

Lerici therefore offer, beyond to the spiagge, also the possibility to carry out excursions through the paths of hills, between the olive groves, the walls to dry and the Mediterranean spot. Through the pedestrian distances the villages of Tellaro can be caught up, Pugliola, the Greenhouse. Moreover it is stung of departure and arrival of the boats of the Tourist marine Consortium 5 Lands Gulf of the Poets, with which the hotel is operating within the national health service, that they concur to catch up Portovenere easily and the 5 Lands. In the summery season moreover the gite ones to Portofino are previewed via sea, to the Aquarius of Genoa and the Capraia Island. To visit to little kilometers from Lerici city of Sarzana, and National the Archaeological Museum and archaeological area of Luni, beyond to famous hollow of marble the white man of Carrara in the Alps Apuane. You will be able to ask information in hotel for the city for La Spezia where they find the Naval Museum, the Museum Amedeo Lia - Collection of ancient, Medieval and Modern art, the CAMec - Center of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Museum Of Sigillo, the Museum of the Castle - Archaeological Collections "U. Formentini", to the Castle of Saint George. The sport activities, are multiple and practicable in all the arc of the year. The sail, with the prestigious School of S. Teresa. Its position concurs to exercise the sport of the sail in splendid waters of the Gulf of the Poets and, in case of less beautiful time, waters protect from the dam. The immersion, the wind are practicable also surf and then trekking, mountain bike, tennis and golf, and a bath in swimming pool in the splendid frame of the Blue Venere.