Lerici

Lerici
Comune di Lerici
Location of Lerici
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Lerici is located in Italy
Lerici
Lerici
Location of Lerici in Italy
Lerici is located in Liguria
Lerici
Lerici
Lerici (Liguria)
Coordinates: 44°04′35″N 09°54′40″E / 44.07639°N 9.91111°E / 44.07639; 9.91111
CountryItaly
RegionLiguria
ProvinceLa Spezia (SP)
FrazioniSan Terenzo, Tellaro, La Serra, Pugliola, Solaro, Muggiano, Pozzuolo, Venere Azzurra, Senato
Government
 • MayorLeonardo Paoletti
Area
 • Total15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2017)[2]
 • Total10,205
 • Density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
DemonymLericini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
19032, 19036, 19030
Dialing code0187
Patron saintMadonna of Maralunga
Saint dayMarch 25
WebsiteOfficial website

Lerici (Ligurian: Lerxi, locally Lerze[3]) is a comune in the province of La Spezia, in the Italian region of Liguria, part of the Italian Riviera. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia, 8 kilometres (5 mi) 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 Porto Venere.

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. For a long time, the castle contained a museum of palaeontology inspired by a local lad (Walter) finding dinosaur bones in the region.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ ISTAT Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Frisoni, Gaetano [in Italian] (1910). Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.