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VIAREGGIO

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 17 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIAREGGIO  , a maritime

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town and
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sea-bathing resort of
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Tuscany,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Lucca, on the Mediterranean, 13 M . N.W. of
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Pisa by
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rail, 7 ft. above sea-level . Pop . (1906) 14,863 (town); 21,557 (
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commune) . Being sheltered by dense
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pine-
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woods on the
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north, and its
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malaria having been banished by drainage, it is frequented as a
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winter resort, and in summer by some thousands for its sea-bathing . In 1740 the
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population was only 300, and in 1841, 6549 . The
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body of
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Shelley was burned on the
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shore near Viareggio after his
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death by drowning in 1822 . The town possesses a school of
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navigation and a technical school, and carries on some
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shipbuilding .

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