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Livorno (Italian: ⓘ) is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017.
Livorno is the most important port city in Tuscany. Situated on the Mar Ligure, it's 20 kilometers far from Pisa and 100 from Florence. Its history is long : it was founded in 1017 as a coastal fortress to defend Pisa that, at that time, was one of the four Maritime Republics in Italy.
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Livorno is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn.
Livorno. share. favorite_border. The Mediterannean’s very own little Venice, with its historic port. Born of the will of the Medici family who made it a city in 1606, Livorno became an oasis of welcome for all religious, political or racial persecuted, enriching itself with the resourcefulness and customs of the most diverse foreign nations.
Livorno is a main port town in Tuscany. It was traditionally called Leghorn in English, nowadays the name is used to refer to a breed of chickens which were exported to North America from the Livorno port. Understand edit. Livorno is on the Tyrrhenian sea in Italy. It is the third-largest port on the western coast.
Livorno was built to be the ideal " City of the Nations". This cosmopolitan, multi-cultural city is rich in history and famous for its fortified walls and canals. If you arrive in Livorno by sea then you come ashore right in the Medicean city centre.
