# Beverino

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**Beverino** (lij: *Bevein*[1]) is a *[comune](/source/Comune)* (municipality) of c. 2,000 inhabitants in the [province of La Spezia](/source/Province_of_La_Spezia) in the [Italian](/source/Italy) region [Liguria](/source/Liguria), located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of [Genoa](/source/Genoa) and about 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia). It is part of the [Vara](/source/Vara_(river)) river and of the Regional natural Park of [Montemarcello](/source/Montemarcello)-[Magra](/source/Magra).

Beverino borders the following municipalities: [Borghetto di Vara](/source/Borghetto_di_Vara), [Calice al Cornoviglio](/source/Calice_al_Cornoviglio), [Follo](/source/Follo,_Italy), [Pignone](/source/Pignone), [Riccò del Golfo di Spezia](/source/Ricc%C3%B2_del_Golfo_di_Spezia), [Rocchetta di Vara](/source/Rocchetta_di_Vara), [Vernazza](/source/Vernazza).

## History

Beverino was a possession of the [Este](/source/House_of_Este) family, who entrusted it as fief to the lord of the nearby [Vezzano Ligure](/source/Vezzano_Ligure). In the 11th-13th century it was bitterly contended between the [Malaspina family](/source/Malaspina_family) and the bishops of [Luni](/source/Luni,_Italy).

In 1247 it became a free commune and entered the [Republic of Genoa](/source/Republic_of_Genoa) in 1274, however maintaining its legislative autonomy.

The *frazione* of Corvara was a dominion of the lords of [Carpena](/source/Carpena) and [Ponzone](/source/Ponzone), who, in 1211, ceded its fief to Genoa. Padivarma, a former possession of the [bishopric of Luni](/source/Bishopric_of_Luni), became part of the Genoese Republic in 1274 together with Beverino.

## Main sights

- Parish church of *Santa Croce*.
- Church of *San Michele Arcangelo* (14th century), in the *frazione* of Corvara.
- *Villa Costa*, a national monument.

## Demographic evolution

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1861 3,036 — 1871 3,081 +1.5% 1881 3,267 +6.0% 1901 3,266 −0.0% 1911 3,252 −0.4% 1921 3,213 −1.2% 1931 2,585 −19.5% 1936 2,718 +5.1% 1951 2,557 −5.9% 1961 2,259 −11.7% 1971 2,101 −7.0% 1981 2,134 +1.6% 1991 2,174 +1.9% 2001 2,233 +2.7%

Data from ISTAT

## Transport

Beverino is crossed by through the Provincial Road 18. The nearest railway station is that of [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia) on the Genoa-Rome mainline.

## References

1. Frisoni, Gaetano (1910). *Dizionario Genovese-Italiano e Italiano-Genovese* (in Italian). Genoa: Nuova Editrice Genovese.

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