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La Spezia

a port in NW Italy, in Liguria, on the Gulf of Spezia: the chief naval base in Italy. Pop.: 91 391 (2001)
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La Spezia

 

a city and port in northern Italy, in the region of Liguria. Situated on the Gulf of La Spezia of the Ligurian Sea, in a well protected inlet. Capital of the province of La Spezia. Population, 123,500 (1973). The freight turnover of La Spezia was 11,500 million tons in 1972. Industry includes nonferrous and ferrous metallurgy, shipbuilding, electrical engineering, radio electronics, and the military industry. The city manufactures industrial looms, agricultural machinery, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles, foodstuffs, and wood products. La Spezia has a museum of naval and natural history, as well as architectural monuments dating from the 14th through the 16th century.

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