The New International Encyclopædia/Chiavari

CHIAVARI, kyä′vȧ-rē̇. A maritime city in Italy, 24 miles east-southeast of Genoa (Map: Italy, D 3). Numerous old towers, one of them of considerable size, are scattered through the town, which has a handsome new city hall, statues of Garibaldi and Mazzini, by Rivalta, attractive public gardens, good bathing, a technical and nautical school, and a gymnasium. It is a market for wine, oil, cheese, and fish, and manufactures lace, silk, and furniture, particularly the slender chairs called sedi di Chiavari. Chiavari is a starting-point for the ascent of Mount Penna; altitude, 5690 feet. Population, in 1881 (commune), 12,000; in 1901, 12,500.