In the Roman Age it was a roman naval base. In the Middle Ages, when Genoa and Pisa where fighting for supremacy of the sea, Lerici being the border, was heavily contended. At the beginning of XIII century the inhabitants of Pisa won the dispute and built in Lerici a fortified naval base, a castle and a walled village which took the place of the ancient small village and of St. Mart's church that was destroyed by the saracens. In 1256 Lerici was occupied by the inhabitants of Genoa and it remained under its dominion until its fall. You can see some remains of the old pisan village near "La Calata"(that is the quay of the port): the turreted door amidst the ancient walls. There are also some remains of the village built by the Genoese: some aristocratic-houses of XVI century, among them the one where Andrea Doria lived in 1527. The Castle is Lerici's most important monument. It's a masterpiece of Italian military architecture of the Midle Ages. Its tower has a pentagonale base, it's crowned with small suspended superposed arches. The external bastions are of XVII century. Inside there is a chapel dedicated to Saint Anastasia, masterpiece of Ligurian gothic architecture. "L'Oratorio di San Rocco" once was the church of Saints Martino and Cristoforo, the historical remains of which are of XIII century. It's a baroque building whith a bell tower, the pointed top of wich has a polyhedric cusp. The bell tower is gothic with some oriental characters. The inside is not very large, but has some important paintings: a picture of XVI century on the principal altar, a picture of Fiasella and some very small pictures "ex-voto" typical of churches worksshiped by sea people.
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