The Vara is a river of the
Province of La Spezia in
Liguria
it, Ligure
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, north-west
Italy
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.
Geography
The river runs through
Varese Ligure
Varese Ligure ( lij, Vaise ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about east of Genoa and about northwest of La Spezia.
Varese Ligure borders the following municipalities: Albareto, ...
,
Brugnato
Brugnato ( lij, Brugnæ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about 15 km northwest of La Spezia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,20 ...
,
Borghetto di Vara
Borghetto di Vara ( lij, O Borghetto de Væa, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about northwest of La Spezia.
Borghetto di Vara borders the ...
and
Castiglione di Vara. At it is the longest river in Liguria. The main source of the river is on
Monte Zatta
Monte may refer to:
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* Argentine Monte, an ecoregion
* Monte Desert
* Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province
Italy
* Monte Bregagno
* Monte Cassino
* Montecorvino (disambiguation)
* Montefalcione
Portugal
* Monte ...
; for much of its course it flows in a southeasterly direction, parallel to the
Riviera di levante, in the valley which takes its name: the
Val di Vara
The Vara is a river of the Province of La Spezia in Liguria, north-west Italy.
Geography
The river runs through Varese Ligure, Brugnato, Borghetto di Vara and Castiglione di Vara. At it is the longest river in Liguria. The main source of t ...
. The river flows into the
Magra, as a right tributary, at
Fornola within the
commune
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** Communes of ...
of
Santo Stefano di Magra.
History
The ''Département du Vara'' or ''Dipartimento del Vara'' of
Ligurian Republic
The Ligurian Republic ( it, Repubblica Ligure, lij, Repubbrica Ligure) was a French client republic formed by Napoleon on 14 June 1797. It consisted of the old Republic of Genoa, which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy, and ...
took its name at the end of the 18th century from the river.
References
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Liguria
Rivers of the Province of La Spezia
Tributaries of the Magra
Rivers of the Apennines
Braided rivers in Italy
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