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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.
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.
The Old English Cemetery (Italian: Antico cimitero degli inglesi) is a cemetery in Livorno (Leghorn), central Italy, located on a plot of land near the Via Verdi, close to the Waldensian Church and to the formerly Anglican church of St. George. It is the oldest Protestant cemetery in Italy.
The naval Battle of Leghorn [a] took place on 4 March 1653 (14 March Gregorian calendar), [b] during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn (), Italy.It was a victory of a Dutch squadron under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton.
The Port of Livorno is considered a major Italian port along the Tyrrhenian Sea Corridor, capable of handling all kinds of vessels (LoLo, RoRo, liquid bulk, dry bulk, cruise ships, ferryboats). The port mainly serves Tuscany , Emilia-Romagna , Umbria and Marche regions of Italy .
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