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Encyclopedia > Viareggio
Comune di Viareggio
Coat of arms of Comune di Viareggio
Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Tuscany
Province Lucca (LU)
Mayor Marco Marcucci (since May 2003)
Elevation 2 m
Area 31.88 km²
Population
 - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 63,276
 - Density 1,985/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 43°52′N, 10°14′E
Gentilic Viareggini, Torrelaghesi
Dialing code 0584
Postal code 55049, 55048
Frazioni Torre del Lago Puccini
Patron Maria Santissima Annunziata
Website: www.comune.viareggio.lu.it

Viareggio is a town in the province of Lucca, situated on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the north of Tuscany, Italy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... 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... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Lucca (Italian: Provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... Torre del Lago is a village in Versilia, Tuscany, Italy. ... Lucca (Italian: Provincia di Lucca) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. ... Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...

Channel port of Viareggio.
Channel port of Viareggio.

The town has a population of around 60,000. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 301 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 750 pixel, file size: 301 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...


Viareggio is a popular tourist resort with a historic fishing harbour. Other industries include the manufacture of luxury motor yachts.

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History

The name of the city derives from Latin Via Regis ("Kings' Road"), the name of a road built in the Middle Ages along the coast, and still existing as Via Regia. The city was effectively created in the mid-16th century, when it became the only coastal base of the Republic of Lucca. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Lucca (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ...


Viareggio is one of the most famous and traditional seaside resorts in Tuscany. The wide, endless beaches, the excellent cuisine and the exciting night-life with its well-known "Versilian" discos -all contribute to make Viareggio a favorite holiday resort. A visit to Viareggio means meeting young Italians and enjoying the seafood specialities of Tuscany. During the tourist season a range of activities are offered by the local tourist office to all guests in the city. Viareggio is the ideal holiday resort for all guests in the city. Viareggio is the ideal holiday resort for all who love sunshine, the sea and enjoying themselves. Viareggio is also famous for its liberty period architecture.


The Italian writer Maria Valtorta spent most of her life in Viareggio and wrote most of her work there. Maria Valtorta at age 5, 1902 At age 15, 1912 Maria with her classmates of Bianconi School of Monza At age 21, in the uniform of a Samaritan Nurse, 1918 At age 25, 1922 Maria Valtorta (14 March 1897 (Caserta, Italy) – 12 October 1961 (Viareggio, Italy)) was an Italian writer...


In 1822, the body of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was cremated on the beach of Viareggio in the presence of Lord Byron and Leigh Hunt.-1... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... An artists rendering of James Henry Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist and writer. ...


Main sights

  • Torre Matilde (1541), a Lucchese fortification against the menace of Muslim pirate attacks.

Culture

See also: Carnival of Viareggio

A Puccini opera festival is held at nearby Torre del Lago, a village that is well known also for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal. A float at the 2007 carnival of Viareggio The carnival of Viareggio (Italian: carnevale di Viareggio) is a carnival event yearly held in the Tuscanian city of Viareggio, in Italy. ... Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. ... Torre del Lago is a village in Versilia, Tuscany, Italy. ...


The Viareggio Prize for Italian literature is named after the town. The Viareggio Literary Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award, started in 1930, and is named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio. ...

The famous carnival parade in Viareggio.
The famous carnival parade in Viareggio.
Another picture from this colorful event.
Another picture from this colorful event.

One of the most famous Carnival celebrations in Italy is held here, featuring enormous floats that sometimes satirize current political events. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Carnival or Carnivale is a festival season. ...


The area of Viareggio and Torre del Lago is well known for being an important gay and gay-friendly summer resort of national and international appeal, Friendly Versilia. Torre del Lago is a village in Versilia, Tuscany, Italy. ...


Industry

The port city is home and one of the main bases for super-yacht builders Azimut-Benettiand CODECASA Azimut is a power-boat builder based in Avigliana, Italy, it also has ship yards in Savona and Viareggio In 1969, Paolo Vitelli started his yacht charter business in Turin, while taking his University degree. ... Benetti is a Italian shipbuilding and Boat building company based in Viareggio and Fano, owned by Azimut Benetti designs and constructs motoryachts, and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts. ...


External links

  • Viareggio Online
  • Viareggio official website
  • Viareggini.com


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Elegant and refined Viareggio is one of the more famous coast resorts in Versilia and a tourist destination known all over the world.
Anyhow tourism is still Viareggio' strenght: you only have to note that in the beginning of the 20th century the bathing huts reached already 3000 units, to see the neverending development of this tourist resort.
The architecture in Viareggio is not very interesting due to its mogenious art-nouveau style designed by the architect Belluomini and to the ceramics by Galileo and Chino Chini.
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