Magra

The mouth of the Magra

The Magra ( in German: The thinness ) is a river that runs through the Italian regions of Tuscany and Liguria.

General

In ancient times the river Macra said. It's name derives from the Val di Magra and flows through the historical region of Lunigiana. With a discharge rate of 60 m³ / s at the river mouth the Magra is the largest river of Liguria.

Course

It rises in the Tuscan province of Massa- Carrara and flows into the Ligurian province of La Spezia in Bocca di Magra (part of Ameglia ) in the Ligurian Sea. He touches or passes through the villages of Pontremoli (236 meters altitude), Migliarina (179 m, part of Filattiera ), Villafranca in Lunigiana (130 m), Ponte Magra (125 m, part of Mulazzo ), Ca ' Rapetti (122 m, part of Villafranca ), Ponte ( 74 m, part of Tresana ) Terra Rossa ( 74 m, part of Licciana Nardi ), Bagni (65 m, part of Podenzana ) Aulla (64 m). He then goes on in the province of La Spezia ( Liguria) and strikes Santo Stefano di Magra ( 50 m), Piano di Vezzano (14 m, part of Vezzano ), Piano di Arcola (village of Arcola ), Sarzana and Ameglia.

The main tributaries are the Aulella (34 km long, flowing at Aulla to ), the Bagnone (18 km, flows in Villafranca in Lunigiana ), the Caprio (12 km, flows at Filattiera to ), Vara (58 km, flows at Vezzano / Santo Stefano di Magra to ) and Verde ( 18 km, flows in Pontremoli to ).

The Magra in the literature

The Arbia was mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy Paradiso ( 9 vocals, 88-90 ).

• Di quella valle fu ' io litorano, tra Ebro e Macra, che per Pomerania corto parte lo Genovese dal Toscano
• German, translated by Carl Streckfuß: I live ' on the edge of this great valley, between the Ebro and Macra, which, not long, Separates Genoa 's Area from Tusker country.