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SESTRI LEVANTE (anc. Segesta Tiguliorum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 702 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SESTRI LEVANTE (anc.

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Segesta Tiguliorum)  , a seaport of
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Liguria,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Genoa, from which it is 282 m. distant by
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rail, 33 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 3034 (
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town); 12,038 (
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commune) . It is both a summer and a
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winter resort, with
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fine views .
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Part of the town is situated on a promontory (230 ft.) between two bays . The
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ancient town was the
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port of exportation of the
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slate of the
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district, for we hear of a
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place called Tigulia or Tegulata on the
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coast-road; but we know practically nothing of the
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political
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condition of the district in
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Roman times .

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