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Viareggio , city (1991 pop. 57,514), Tuscany, N central Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a fishing center and a fashionable beach resort. The body of the poet Shelley was cremated there after his death by drowning at Lerici near La Spezia in 1822.

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Viareggio, Tuscany/Italy Derived from the Latin via ‘way’ or ‘road’ and regia ‘straight’ or ‘direct’ to describe the route along the coastline in the vicinity.

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