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Livorno (Italian: ⓘ) is a port city on the Ligurian Sea [2] on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. [3] It is the capital of the Province of Livorno , having a population of 152,914 residents in January 2023.
The province of Livorno (Italian: provincia di Livorno) or, traditionally, province of Leghorn, is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. It includes several islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba and Capraia. Its capital is the city of Livorno. When formed in 1861, the province included only Livorno and Elba Island.
The Leghorn, [a] Italian: Livorno or Livornese, is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were first exported to North America in 1828 from the Tuscan port city of Livorno , [ 6 ] on the western coast of Italy.
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Leghorn may refer to: Livorno, an Italian port city in Tuscany, traditionally known in English as Leghorn; Leghorn, a type of straw-plaited fabric; Leghorn chicken, a breed of chicken from Tuscany; The naval Battle of Leghorn, 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War; Foghorn Leghorn, a Looney Tunes character
The history of the Jews in Livorno (English: Leghorn; Ladino: Liorne or Liorna), Italy, has been documented since 1583, when descendants of the late 15th-century and early 16th-century expulsions from Spain and Portugal settled in the city. They were settled initially by Sephardic Jews from Pisa.
Important villages on the Livorno Hills are the fractions of Valle Benedetta (Livorno), Nibbiaia and Gabbro (Rosignano Marittimo), and Rosignano Marittimo too, which is situated on the homonymous knoll at a height of 142 m (466 feet). Many streams, although the weather is quite dry in the summer, run down from the Leghorn Hills.
The Diocese of Livorno (Latin: Dioecesis Liburnensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Tuscany. It was created in 1806. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa. [1] [2] The current bishop is Simone Giusti. [3] Livorno was usually called Leghorn in English.