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The use for this function lasted until the mid-XIX century when, following the great development of La Spezia, it was necessary to permanently remove it to transfer it to the island of
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ordered to prepare a project for the construction of a maritime arsenal in the inlet, protected by artillery positions located on the surrounding hills.
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Varignano is circumscribed to a short piece of the coast of the gulf that is made of a bay that overlooks La Spezia's
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Medieval informations on this locality are contained in more ancient documents of the 11th century, linked to the
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there in 1724 to quarantine crews and goods. Thus the locality becomes commonly known also with the name of
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and its gulf, with the succession of the various dominations up to the government of the
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times, as evidenced by the important archaeological remains of a
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was hosted, wounded in the clash with the
Piedmontese army at
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63:La Domenica del Corriere – 30 November 1924
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31:, located on the western part of the
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143:The fort, today, is the base of the
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132:In 1862, in the fort's hospital,
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33:Gulf of La Spezia
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17:Varignano
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