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Viareggio shipyards origins very far back let’s say in the 1400s
Lucca loses Motrone and locates the production of boats towards Viareggio
After the Unification of Italy, Viareggio had of 200 locally produced boats
Collateral activities arise such as funers, shipwrights, calukers and sailmakers
the carpenters the blacksmiths
After 1860 there is an evolution in shipbuilding with men who will be
the “names” from Viareggio shipbulding industry
The first cailing ship launched in Viareggio in 18986 was 300 T.sl. and later
also from 400 and 500 T.s.l. (grosse tonnage)
many come from the Arno area but they are mostly shipwrights who
they know how to build wooden boats as tradition dictated
