Beverino (
) is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) of c. 2,000 inhabitants in the
province of La Spezia
The province of La Spezia (; Ligurian language, Ligurian: ''provinsa dea Spèza'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of La Spezia.
Overview
It has an area of and, , a total population o ...
in the
Italian
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region
Liguria
Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
, located about southeast of
Genoa
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and about north of
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or ; ; , in the local ) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguria ...
. It is part of the
Vara river and of the Regional natural Park of
Montemarcello
Montemarcello is a frazione of the comune of Ameglia (Italy). It is the home to the Regional natural Park of Montemarcello-Magra. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
() is a non-profit private association of small Italian towns o ...
-
Magra
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The Magra is a long river of Northern Italy, which runs through Pontremoli, Filattiera, Villafranca in Lunigiana and Aulla in the province of Massa-Carrara (Tuscany); Santo Stefano di Magra, Vezzano Ligure, Arcola, Sarzana and ...
.
Beverino borders the following municipalities:
Borghetto di Vara
Borghetto di Vara (, 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 following municipalities: ...
,
Calice al Cornoviglio
Calice al Cornoviglio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about north of La Spezia.
Calice al Cornoviglio borders the following municipalities: Beverin ...
,
Follo,
Pignone
Pignone (; 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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 654 and an area of ...
,
Riccò del Golfo di Spezia
Riccò del Golfo di Spezia (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italy, Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about northeast of La Spezia.
Physical Geography
The territory of Riccò del ...
,
Rocchetta di Vara
Rocchetta di Vara () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about north of La Spezia.
Rocchetta di Vara borders the following municipalities: Beverino, B ...
,
Vernazza
Vernazza (, locally ; ) is a town and located in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northwestern Italy. It is one of the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre region. Vernazza is the fourth town heading north, has no car traffic, and remai ...
.
History
Beverino was a possession of the
Este family, who entrusted it as fief to the lord of the nearby
Vezzano Ligure
Vezzano Ligure (; , locally ) is a (municipality) in the Province of La Spezia in the Italian region of Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa and about northeast of La Spezia.
Vezzano Ligure borders the following municipalities: Arcola, B ...
. In the 11th-13th century it was bitterly contended between the
Malaspina family
The House of Malaspina was a noble Italian family of Longobard origin that descended from Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany, Boniface I, through the Obertenghi line, that ruled Lunigiana from the 13th to the 14th centuries, and the Province of Mas ...
and the bishops of
Luni.
In 1247 it became a free commune and entered the
Republic of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa ( ; ; ) was a medieval and early modern Maritime republics, maritime republic from the years 1099 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italy, Italian coast. During the Late Middle Ages, it was a major commercial power in ...
in 1274, however maintaining its legislative autonomy.
The ''frazione'' of Corvara was a dominion of the lords of
Carpena and
Ponzone
Ponzone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of ...
, who, in 1211, ceded its fief to Genoa. Padivarma, a former possession of the
bishopric of Luni, became part of the Genoese Republic in 1274 together with Beverino.
Main sights
*Parish church of ''Santa Croce''.
*Church of ''San Michele Arcangelo'' (14th century), in the ''frazione'' of Corvara.
*''Villa Costa'', a national monument.
Demographic evolution
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Transport
Beverino is crossed by through the Provincial Road 18. The nearest railway station is that of
La Spezia
La Spezia (, or ; ; , in the local ) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguria ...
on the Genoa-Rome mainline.
References
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