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320 LEGHORN nand III., and near the quay is one dedicated to Ferdinand I. There are two monti di pietd (public pawn offices), a free library, an obser- vatory, and a citadel. The English cemetery contains the tombs of Smollett and Francis Homer. The monastery of Monte Nero is upon a hill near the town. The three laza- rettos of San Rocco, San Jacopo, and San Leo- poldo, the first for those who arrive with a clean bill of health (patente netta), the sec- ond for those with a doubtful (patente tocca), and the third for those with a foul bill (pa- tente ~brutta are well managed establishments. The town possesses a lyceum, a gymnasium, a nautical and a technical school, a scientific academy with a library of 20,000 volumes, and various other educational, scientific, and charitable institutions. It is the seat of a bishop (since 1806), and of a prefect and other provincial authorities. Many of the private nouses are elegant, and the vicinity is covered with villas of the wealthy citizens. The town has been greatly enlarged of late years by throwing down many of the old fortifications and including two large suburbs within the walls. It resembles an English towh more than any other in Italy, and its commercial and manufacturing importance is constantly increasing. As a Mediterranean seaport it ranks after Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste, and Smyrna. The accommodation for shipping having become insufficient for large vessels, which were obliged to discharge their cargoes in the roads, the government undertook the enlargement of the port. The work is now completed, and ships of large tonnage can en- ter and remain in safety. There is also a fine dry dock capable of accommodating vessels of the largest size. Being a free port, Leghorn is perhaps better supplied with French and Eng- lish manufactures than any other town on the continent. The general imports for the year ending September, 1872, were valued at $14,- 800,000, the exports at $15,400,000; the im- ports from the United States at $1,180,000, the exports to the United States at $1,592,000. The number of vessels entered during the same year was 6,401 (American 29), tonnage, 1,079,- 455; of vessels cleared, 6,232 (American 7), tonnage 1,048,237. The vessels built in Leg- horn are mostly for the coasting trade. The chief manufactures are corals, silk, wool, cot- ton, straw and felt hats, alabaster, porcelain, pottery, leather, and tobacco. There are salt works and many dyeing establishments, and admirably organized distilleries of oil and ro- soglio (a kind of liqueur). There were in 1873 22 foreign consuls resident here, and the great concourse of sailors and strangers of all na- tions imparts to the town a very interesting and animated appearance. The natural insalu- brity of the site has been remedied by effective draining. Good water is brought to the town by meajis of a fine aqueduct, which Avas erect- ed in 1792. In the summer season Leghorn is a favorite resort of the fashionable world LEGOUVfi of Florence, Rome, Bologna, Siena, and other cities, the influx of visitors frequently amount- ing to 20,000. Leghorn is first mentioned as a village in the llth century, but became im- portant only after the destruction of the port of Pisa, and particularly in the 15th and 16th centuries under the rule of the Medici. The grand duke Cosmo I. made it a free port and granted many privileges to the town, which continued to improve under his successor Fer- dinand I. In 1808 Napoleon annexed it to his empire, and it became the capital of the French department of the Mediterranean. It was taken by the Austrians under Gen. Aspre in 1849, and for a long time subsequently was occupied by an Austrian garrison. In March, 1860, it was annexed with the- whole of Tuscany to the dominions of Victor Emanuel. LEGNAGO, a fortified town of Italy, in the province of Verona, on the Adige, 50 m. from its mouth, 26 m. E. of Mantua, and 22 m. S. E. of Verona ; pop. about 10,000. It forms with Verona, Peschiera, and Mantua the fa- mous quadrilateral of fortresses, of which it is the S. E. angle, and is the least important. The town is on both banks of the river, which is here crossed by a wooden bridge. It con- tains a gymnasium, a theatre, and a hospital, has manufactories of hats and fine leather, and is an important depot for agricultural produce, especially rice, which is extensively cultivated in the surrounding district. The original for- tifications were largely the work of San Mi- cheli. The French were defeated here in 1701, but captured the place on Sept. 13, 1796, and demolished the works, which the Austrians af- terward rebuilt. A canal connects the Po at Ostiglia with the Adige at Legnago. LEGNANO, a town of Italy, in the province and 16 m. N. W. of the city of Milan, on the river Olona ; pop. about 6,500. It is on both sides of the river, which is crossed by two stone bridges, contains three churches and a hospital, and has manufactures of silk and cotton fabrics and dye works. The emperor Frederick Barbarossa was defeated here by the Milanese, May 29, 1176. LEGOl YE. I. Gabriel Marie Jean Baptist?, a French poet, born in Paris, June 23, 1764, died there, Aug. 30, 1812. He inherited a large fortune from his father, the advocate Jean Baptiste Legouve. In 1792 he produced La mart (PAbel, a tragedy of some merit, which was sharply criticised by La Harpe. His Epi- cTiaris et Neron (1793), in which the tyrant represented Robespierre, gained great success from the acting of Talma. Among his other works are Le merite desfemmes, a didactic poem (1800), and La mart de Henri /F., a tragedy (1806). He was made a m,ember of the insti- tute and adjunct professor of Latin poetry. He became deranged in 1810, in consequence of the death of his wife and other misfortunes, and died in a private asylum. There is a complete edition of his works, by Bouilly and Malo (3 vols., Paris, 1826). II. Ernest Wilfrid, a French