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It is known as a seaside resort, as well as the home of the famous Viareggio carnival (dating from 1873), and its paper floats, which (starting in 1925), run along the promenade known as the "sea walk". ”In the weeks of Carnival. The carnival symbol from Viareggio and its official mask is Burlamacco, designed and invented by Uberto Bonetti in 1930.
The city has its roots since the first half of the sixteenth century, when it became the only sea gate for the Republic of Lucca. The oldest building in Viareggio, known as Torre Matilde, dates from this period and was built by Lucchesi in 1541 as a defensive fortification to fight against the constant threat of private raids.
Viareggio is also an active center of industrial production; The shipbuilding industry has long been recognized worldwide, and its fishing and floriculture industries are still key sectors for the city's economy.
The climate is characterized by high levels of humidity (between 60 and 80% of the relative humidity in the summer months) and an annual rainfall from 900 to 1,000 millimeters (35 to 39 in) as a result of the Apuan Alps near the coast.
Viareggio's evolution from a simple port city took time. Only in 1819, Duchess Maria Luisa di Borbone requested the construction of the first port, and the following year, the city center was granted the status of city. Only a few years later, in 1822, Viareggio began to show signs of being a popular tourist destination: because of Napoleon Bonaparte's sister, known as Paolina Borghese, who stayed here for a vacation, Viareggio immediately became a fashionable for coastal vacations, so much so that the first resort was opened in 1828.
Viareggio | Viareggio is a town and municipality in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian coast. With a population of over 62,000 inhabitants, it is the second largest city in the province of Lucca, after Lucca
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