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LERICI

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 483 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LERICI  , a

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village of
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Liguria, Italy, situated on the N.E. side of the Gulf of
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Spezia, about 12 M . E.S.E. of Spezia, and 4 M . W.S.W. of
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Sarzana by road, 17 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1901) 9326 . Its small harbour is guarded by an old castle, said to have been built by Tancred; in the
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middle ages it was the chief place on the gulf . S . Terenzo, a
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hamlet belonging to Lerici, was the residence of Shelley during his last days . Farther north-west is the
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Bay of Pertusola, with its large lead-smelting
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works .

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