Territory of Camaiore
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| The first historical news goes
back to the beginning of this millenium when the called territory
Lido di Camaiore (to that time, "Litus Maris") with
the rest of the Versilia was theatre of long and bloody battles
between Pisa and Lucca Althoug the coastal zone was not popolate because swampy, it covered but great interest thanks to its enormous reservoirs of fish. |
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| It has been found
again a going back contract to 3 November 1317 with which the
city of Camaiore rent part of the coast to Nicholas Hinges for
13 fiorini for year. The reclamation works, already tried in roman age, began in the ' 700 and to the the ' 800 end of taken people to only settle down themselves in the zone. |
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| Beginning century | |
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the beginning of the century, the Common one of Camaiore constructed
to the Way of the Blockhouse and the Tree-lined avenue Columbus;
first it lodges and bathing establishments were opened. The exclusive
locality divenne: the poet Gabriel D' Annunzio long periods of
vacation with the famous attrice Eleonora Duse in a villa of property
of Armanda passed here Councils, where, the 4 september 1901,
it finished writing the famous "Francesca from Rimini". Little time after, senator Vittorio Rolandi-Ricci acquired the property Councils (currently the Ariston hotel) and entertained hosts like the king Vittorio Emanuele III, Giacomo Puccini, Guglielmo Marconi, Benito Mussolini. Lido di Camaiore became more and more fashionable locality between the artists who chose it for their vacations or like definitive residence. Red Pier writer Maria of Saint Second lived here: in its house alive still the wife Inge, careful caretaker of its originates them literary production, second many critics us, not inferior to that one of Pirandello. Famous painter Galileo Chini, than, of return from Siam, had constructed a villa to Lido di Camaiore, on the Way of the Blockhouse, was ispirate from Liberty style, the new tendency in the taste that, from the end of the war to years ' 30, transformed the architectonic and artistic face of the succeeding Versilia with large. |
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| Camaiore today | |
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| Lido di Camaiore is one modern locality of sea with such characteristics
to render it one of the main tourist centers. Its wide sabbiosa
beach - 4 km. - one extends between Navy of Pietrasanta and Viareggio
and degrades sweetly in sea. He is easy to reach: all that that
must be made is to cross a splendid and evocative rich walk of
garden and bloomed flower-beds along which bathing establishments
from the thousand colors, small are ollowed storees, bar and restaurants.
Along the Pistelli Tree-lined avenue, parallel to the walk, runs
one ciclable track. Lido di Camaiore is also a particularly attractive locality for its numerous villas situated between delicious garden, widths roads, public squares and parks publics. |
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The locality boasts many and different possibilities of lodging
for the tourists: it lodges (some of which are opened all the
year) offer to the visitors all the conforts possible. |
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| Country | |
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| In
the country of Lido di Camaiore, to approximately 9 km, you will
find in a width and green goes them, the city of Camaiore. This
ancient city has important monuments like the Romanesque church
of S. Maria Assumed, called "Collegiata" (XIII sec.),
the tower of the bell tower of IV the century and the Benedictine
Abbey of the WAYS century. It is worth the pain to visit also
the Museum of Sacred Art that contains remarkable artistic pieces
between which the famous tapestry fiammingo that laughed them
to 1516 attributed to Peter de Pannemaker. For the lovers of archaeology,
rests of preistoriche civilizations are exposed in the Museum
of Camaiore that has center in the Palace Tauruses and the Museum
of Viareggio. The slope of the Alps Apuane they are scatters you of graceful and old villages easy to reache from the coast, many of which offer seen on the wonderful sea. As an example the ancient village of Monteggiori with the castle Rotaio and Pieve, where church from the 816 exists one. Not far away from the Versilia you can visit Cells of Pescaglia where there is the house of XVI the century of i grandfathers of Puccini, while these nacque to Lucca. |
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| Excursions | |
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| Numerous
they are the excursions
that are possible to make. Lido di Camaiore is situated in ideal
position in order to discover its evocative campaigns, rich of
places of historical interest, offering to the visitors to alternate
in short time life of sea with mountain scenes. The city is also an optimal point of departure towards the main cities of art and the tourist centers of Tuscany and Liguria: |
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Carrara
and marble museum |
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| Lido
di Camaiore moreover served optimally connected
with all the European cities of Italy that. |
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| Sport activities | |
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can amuse yourselves with a chosen width of sport activity: swim,
winsurf (with lessons),
sailing, rowing
, diving; there is
also the possibility to rent small wheel ice-skates, pedalò,
boats and bicycles. Other sports include: tennis to the open and the place setting (with lessons),football, riding, contests of fisch ,squash, basketball, shooting with the arc, volleyball, |
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rollerblat, shot,
beachvolley, nuoto. |
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| At
8 Km. from Lido di Camaiore, on Montiscendi, there is a golf
field with 18 hole. |
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| Enjoy parks | |
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| For
the amusement of more young you
can find a good number of parks with a variety of games originates
them. You will be able also to go to make trekking with some associations that organize excursions with the collaboration of Common the surrounding ones. |
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| Versilia by Nigtht | |
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Versilia is known to national and international level for its
night-life. Not difficult in fact to find again in its local personages
of the international Jet-set. Numerous are the discotheques, bar, meetings in order to amuse you until the first lights of the dawn.... |
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| Culture | |
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| During
the year, the visitors will find one great variety of events:
cultural encounter (like the Literary Prize of Camaiore for the
Poetry), concerts of classic music and POP, agricultural extensions
of art and antique dealing and extensions. Festival of Puccini: In summer, between July and August, you can assist to the Festival di Puccini in the beautiful Tower of the Puccini Lago, where the famous composer realized its more famous works. |
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| Shopping | |
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| During
your free time you will be able to discovery in the storees of
Lido di Camaiore, some of which are small boutique that they sell
by hand also produced made. The Versilia boasts many artists cosicchè
is easy to find numerous storees of antique dealing and galleries
of art. Fairies in way to visit the many handicraft storees: of
wrought iron (to Candella and Gombitelli), of woven (to I go),
of toys and objects from gift, of ceramics and glasses color to
you. You do not lose weeklies
market, included that one of the Lido, therefore like that
one ofantique dealing that is kept frequently to Camaiore. |
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The
cuisine of Lido di Camaiore is that typical of all Versilia; it
is a well-know zone for its kitchen housewife who can be tasted
is in elegant restaurants that in the trattorie of campaign. The
coast offers specialty of sea, while the entroterra mainly it
is known for its traditional cuisine.
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