Livorno is a modern city of the famous toscany province by its prosperous port and its old marine traditions. It is located to 3 meters on the level of the sea, in the tirrénico coast to the South of the plain of the Arno river. Today it constitutes the second industrial and commercial center of Toscana and has one of the greater ports of the Tirrenean Sea. In addition she is host of the Naval academy. In Livorno the beautiful coast, valorized still more can be admired thanks to the colors of its hills, as well as the original and colorful historical center that the city characterizes.
Taking a walk by Livorno it is possible to be admired the Fortezza Vecchia and the Fortezza Nuova that are shown to Puerto Mediceo. The Fortezza Vecchia is a huge monumental complex example of in charge medicea urbanization to Sangallo the Young person. The Fortezza Nuova is an imposing bastion of the century XVIII that today has been turned sparing public. Between the two strengths a district is shown very characteristic call “new Venice”, soul of vivaz marine tradition. This colorful district is distinguished by a dense network of channels that were of great importance for the fishermen of s.XVII. In addition, the Dominican church arises here from S. Caterina with a singular apse where the Incoronación of the Virgin” of Vasari is conserved “. Other churches and places of citizen cult remember with their name the coexistence to us of nationalities and different religious traditions: the Church of the Armenos, the Church of Greek the United ones, the one of the Olandeses, Synagogue of the Sefarditas Jews… In the old heart of the city, in the Great Seat, Duomo (s rises. XVI-XVIII) that in its inner metheglin linen cloths of Iacopo Ligozzi, Passignano and Andrea of the Sarto.
But the authentic symbol of Livorno is the monument “ai Quattro Mori” (monument to Ferdinando I), made by Giovanni completed Bandini in 1595 and with the bronze figures of the “Mori” made by Pietro Tacca in 1626. It is worth the trouble to visit Villa Mimbelli, today host of the Civic Museum Fattori, where they are exposed, in addition to works of the painter Giovanni Fattori, numerous toscanos masterpieces of the Macchiaioli.
Who it loves the archeología and the magic of the old towns, in the gulf of numerous Baratti will be able to find only necropolis Etruscan marine with and important vestiges of this civilization.