Place:Lerici, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

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NameLerici
Alt namesLéricisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeTown
Coordinates44.067°N 9.917°E
Located inLa Spezia, Liguria, Italy
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Lerici (locally ) is a town and comune in the province of La Spezia in Liguria (northern Italy), 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 Portovenere.

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. Today the castle contains a museum of palaeontology.

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