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Livorno was born as a small
village inhabited by fishers. An
important area under the Medici
in the Renaissance with many
important landmarks from the
16th century, Livorno was
enlarged at the end of the 18th
century by Leopold II, who also
opened the city to foreign
merchants. It became a free port
under Ferdinand I from 1590, and
remained such until 1860, when
it became part of the Kingdom of
Italy.
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