Completely restored it will soon become the center of the
geopalenteologico, only museum in Europe for scientific importance and employed technology.
An other architectonic resource of Lerici is the Tower of S.Rocco,
of roman age is born with the valid objective of being a situated
one for sights but then it was transformed in simple bell tower in
XVI the century. To its inside it is possible to observe the genovese
coat of arms that indicated the entrance of the port.
A place sure interesting from the point of architectonic sight is also the
Oratory of Saint Rocco that laughed them to century XIII and that, like
testifies the lapide placed on the forehead of the contiguous bell tower,
it is dedicated initially to i It subsequently knows Martino and Cristoforo to you and,
towards 1523 came entitled to S.Rocco, protecting of it stinks to you, since `the 500 it was
just the century of pestilenza.
At last the Church Parochial of S.Francesco d' Assisi the whose origin laughed
them to the end of 1200. More width between 1632 was then reconstructed and 1636,
as a result of its discouragement. The Church is equipped of navata one single.
The shovels of altar they are remarkable works of author, nearly all of genovese
school. Precious church furnishingses are conserved in the tempio, in particular
a rich piviale, gift of the Botti family.
Near the Church it is risen the oratory of S.Bernardino from Siena,
founded to the time of the titular Saint who later on was rebuilt.
On the greater altar a painting can be admired of Domenico Fiasella.
Little far away from the center of Lerici, to S.Terenzo imposing
Castle rises an other.
This construction, initially it had only the task to defend from the enemy incursions and
simple merlata tower was introduced like one. The castle has been then completed in 1400 and,
to the end of XV the century, with evolversi of means of defense and offense it began to
endure the first modifications. Currently to its inside a museum dedicated to Shelley is being come true.
To S.Terenzo two majestic villas always rise. Before, Magni Villa, was constructed
in XVI the century and endured divenne the monastero of the Barnabiti Fathers.
The villa then was inhabited, in the 1822 from Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary
Shelley when the piece of real estate was of property of marquises Ollandini.
In 1888 the road was constructed that the uniforms from the sea. The second one,
Marigola Villa is situated on a hill that dominates to the bay of S.Terenzo and
the beach of the Venere Azzura; in the 1888 owner became English admiral
Sir
Reginald Pearce who bought it from marquises fiorentini Maccarani. In the first years of `the 900
divenne of property of marquises Magni Griffi while today it is a center conferences in which,
in the summery period the “encounter with the authors” are carried out organize to you from the Common one.
