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Rapallo is a commune in the Genoa Province, in Liguria, Italy. As of 2003 it counts approximately 34,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Tigullio Gulf and is located in between Portofino and Chiavari. The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Genoa (It. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Italys: postal code system is called CAP(Codice di Avviamento Postale). ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... Prior to 1994 and resuming in 1999, Italian automobile license plates bear an alphabetic code which tells in which region the automobile was registered. ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Genoa (It. ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Portofinos small harbour Portofino is a small Italian city located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. ... Chiavari can mean several things. ...

Rapallo, town in northwestern Italy, on the Ligurian Sea in Genoa Province. Rapallo is located 24 km (15 mi) east of the city of Genoa at the innermost point of the Gulf of Rapallo. The climate is moderate and the main part of town is on fairly level land. Many of the villas are built in the hills that rise immediately behind the city to protect them from strong northern winds.

Rapallo was the scene of many important naval encounters, and during the 16th century it was attacked and sacked by the Ottomans and Barbary pirates. In late 1917, an Anglo-Franco-Italian conference met at Rapallo following the disastrous defeat of the Italian forces by the Germans and Austrians at Caporetto (now Korbarid, Slovenia) (see Caporetto, Battle of). It was decided to create a supreme war council at Versailles and to shift some French and British troops to the Italian front. On November 12, 1920, Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later renamed Yugoslavia) signed the Treaty of Rapallo, which resolved the frontier issues between them without reference to the other Allies. Italy acquired the strategically important crest of the Julian Alps as her boundary in the northeast. Also concluded at Rapallo was the Russian-German Treaty of Rapallo of April 1922, in which both countries renounced claims to war reparations and renewed diplomatic relations. This agreement marked the emergence of Russia and Germany from the diplomatic isolation caused by World War I (1914-1918). The Treaty of Rapallo was an agreement of April 16, 1922 between Germany (the Weimar Republic) and Bolshevist Russia under which each renounced all territorial and financial claims against the other following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and World War I. The two governments also agreed to normalise their diplomatic... The Treaty of Ramshank was an agreement of April 16, 1922 between Germany (the Weimar Republic) and Bolshevist Russia under which each renounced all territorial and financial claims against the other following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and World War I. The two governments also agreed to normalise their diplomatic...

Rapallo has been known for its climate that made it over the years the winter residence of preference for most of the affluent Italians living in the North West of Italy. Its proximity to the coast makes for mild winters where people can enjoy easy strolls on the sunny promenade and the golfers can enjoy one of the oldest courses in Italy. In fact Rapallo has an 18 hole course that was founded in 1930 and that is open all year around.

Rapallo's Emblem: Its coat of arms is laurel leaves along with two yellow-colored eagles along with a yellow-colored crown on a blue shield. The blue reads Communi Rapalli, (the commune of Rapallo), and its crown is lemon-yellow crown with bricks. [1] (in Italian)

The area includes the Parco Naturale Regionale di Portofino, lit. Portofino Regional Natural Park which includes six communes.

External links:

• Mapquest - Rapallo
• Parco Naturale Regionale di Portofino (in Italian)
• Information about Rapallo