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SARZANA
, a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Liguria, See also:Italy, in. the See also:province of See also:Genoa, 9 m
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E. of See also:Spezia, on the railway to See also:Pisa, at the point where the railway to See also:Parma diverges to the See also:north, 59 ft. above See also:sea-level
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(Igor) 6531 (town); 11,850 (See also:commune)
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The handsome See also:cathedral of See also: Sarzana was the birthplace of See also:Pope See also:Nicholas V . Its position at the entrance to the valley of the Magra (anc . Macra), the boundary between See also:Etruria and Liguria in See also:Roman times, gave it military importance in the See also:middle ages . It arose as the successor of the See also:ancient See also:Luna, 3 M . S.E.; the first mention of it is found in 983, and in 1202 the episcopal see was transferred hither . A See also:branch of the Cadolingi di Borgonuovo See also:family, lords of Fucecchio in See also:Tuscany from the loth See also:century onwards, which had acquired the name of See also:Bonaparte, had settled near Sarzana before 1264; in 1512 a member of the family took up his See also:residence in See also:Ajaccio, and hence, according to some authorities, was descended the See also:emperor See also:Napoleon I . Sarzana, owing to its position on the frontier, changed masters more than once, belonging first to Pisa, then to See also:Florence, then to the Banco di S . Giorgio of Genoa and from 1572 to Genoa itself . In 1814 it was assigned to the See also:kingdom of See also:Sardinia, the frontier between Liguria and Tuscany being now made to run between it and See also:Carrara . |
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