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Varignano's opening days Fai

In the context of days' Fai, Varignano opens to the city

Saturday 25th March and Sunday 26th March, in the context of Days’ Fai, the Varignano’s fortress, in Guilf of Poets between Le Grazie and Porto Venere, opens to the city.
The structure was built in 1724, through the work of the Republic of Genova: initially the structure was used as a military hospital and warehouse goods, and then be converted to military command in 1808, in the Napoleonic regime.

Varignano also role of a maximum security prison and military hospital, so much so that in 1862 and 1867 Giuseppe Garibaldi was hosted for treatment. The fortress was the seat of the Marina Militare for departments raiders divers, place used for training purposes;still it houses the Command divers and commandos. Thanks to the days of Fai, the Varignano opens to the city and to tourism, off chance to get to know an important piece of the city of La Spezia history.

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Varignano's opening days Fai

In the context of days' Fai, Varignano opens to the city

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