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when the naval base was VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
being built.
Some of these finds provide Practical Information
evidence of the first human Road Map F4.
settlements in the Lunigiana * 97,000. n Viale Italia 5.
area: coins and ceramics dating _ San Giuseppe (19 Mar); Festa
from the prehistoric, Etruscan del Mare con Palio del Golfo
and Roman eras are among the (first Sun in Aug).
∑ comune.sp.it
objects found near the ancient ∑ turismocultura.spezianet.it
city of Luni (see p131). Also of ∑ turismoliguria.it
interest are palaeolithic finds
from the Grotta dei Colombi Transport
on the island of Palmaria. V @
The most significant section
of the museum is, however, the
collection of statue-stelae, the war. It contains a Coronation
sculptures in sandstone dating of the Virgin, a glazed terracotta
from the Bronze and Iron ages, relief by Andrea Della Robbia
depicting in stylized form, and a Martyrdom of St
Castello di San Giorgio, home to warriors grasping weapons and Bartholomew (16th century)
the Museo Archeologico figures of women. Although by Luca Cambiaso.
typical art of the Lunigiana,
E Museo Civico their function and significance R Pieve di San Venerio
Archeologico Ubaldo are unclear. This charming Parish church
Formentini dates from the 11th century,
Castello di San Giorgio, Via XXVII R Chiesa di Santa although excavations
Marzo. Tel 0187 751 142. Maria dell’Assunta carried out in the last
Open 9:30am–12:30pm Mon, Piazza Beverini. century have revealed
5–8pm daily; winter: 9:30am–12:30pm, Open 9:30–11am, much earlier, even
2–5pm. Closed Tue (except hols), 3–5:30pm daily. Roman, origins. The
1 Jan, 24, 25 Dec. & 7 8 = This 14th-century façade is decorated
∑ museodelcastello.spezianet.it
church has been with a two-mullioned
This museum was established in modified more than window and is flanked
the 19th century as a home for once. Its appearance by a bell tower. The
the many archaeological finds today, with its black interior has two aisles,
and fossils discovered in the city -and-white façade, the older of which
environs, mainly as a result of owes much to Statue-stela at the Museo ends, unusually, in
excavation work carried out reconstruc tion after Archeologico two apses.

La Spezia
Town Centre
Pieve
1 Arsenale Militare VI A MI LANO V IA T O RIN O V IA FR A N C E SC O CR I Venerio
di San
and Museo Navale V IA N APO L I VI A XX SETT E MBR E VIA DEI C OLLI
V IA FI UM E
2 Museo Amedeo Lia V I A RO M A MARZO VIA XXVII VI A VE N ETO SPI
3 Castello di San Giorgio C O R S O C AVO UR Museo Museo Civico VIA XXIV MAGGIO SAN
4 Museo Civico Archeologico V I A L E G A R I B A L D I V IA D EL P RI ON E Amedeo Lia Archeologico EUROPA TERENZO
PIAZZA
Ubaldo Formentini
Ubaldo Formentini Castello di
V IA G. M IN ZO N I
5 Chiesa di Santa Maria V I A DI M ON A L E PIAZZA San Giorgio V I A XX SE T T E M B R E PIAZZA
VERDI
V IA R OM A
dell’Assunta CAVOUR V IA MA N Z O NI
Chiesa di Santa V IAL E G IUSEPP E M AZZ IN I
Maria dell’Assunta V I A L E I TA L I A
V I A N I C O LÒ F I E S C H I V I A L E G I O VA N N I A M E N D O L A V IA C HIODO Ligurian Sea
V I A ANT O N I O G RA MS C I
CO RSO CAV OU R
VI A CR IS T OF O R O C OL O MBO
VIALE A. DIAZ
Arsenale Militare
and Museo Navale
0 metres 500
0 yards 500
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