Accommodation Lerici Italy

At the beginning of the 14th century, many scholars (on the basis of the powerful citation mentioned in the Third Canto of the Purgatory) believe Dante Alighieri passed through the town, even if there is no documentary evidence (as there is for Sarzana and Castelnuovo Magra instead). The well-known Boccacian episode taken from the epistle of Friar Ilaro to Uguccione della Faggiuola, probably dating back to 1315 and related to the ancient Benedictine coenobium of the nearby town of Bocca di Magra, certainly represents a proof of the visit of this prestigious Italian poet.

Lerici’s fate was inevitably caught up in the conflicts that rose between Ghibellini and Guelfi during 1300; they destroyed the town twice but could not manage to seize the castle. By the end of 1300, it came under the dominion of the French. In 1411, both hamlet and fortifications were sold to the Florentine Republic. The following year, Lerici was reoccupied by the Genoese who ruled over it for fifteen years. The town was eventually handed over to Alfonso V of Aragon. During the second half of the 15th century, the town underwent various and successive dominations and eventually surrendered to Genoa in 1479. Over the following decade, the castle (which became one of the Republic’s major strong points) was further expanded and fortified with a thick external curtain wall to make it invulnerable to artillery fire.

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