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La Spezia, in brief.

Cinque Terre gateway, naval port, naval museum.

A naval city at the head of its own gulf, the eastern gateway to the Cinque Terre.

Trains and ferries leave from here for the five villages, while its waterfront and naval museum trace a long history as one of Italy's great military ports.

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