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Economy of Livorno


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Tuaca liqueur was produced in Livorno until 2010 when the famous distillery was closed and operations were brought to the United States by the new owners. Galliano is still made here and enjoyed by locals and touristas alike. The city also has a substantial petrochemical industry. The port is the focus of a substantial tourism industry in which thousands of cruise-ship passengers are transported by fleets of buses to inland destinations, notably to Florence. However, since the beginning of 20th century Livorno has been more famous for the Orlando Shipyard, where most famously in 1911 the armored cruiser "Georgios Averof", the flagship of the Greek Navy during its victorious battles against Turks in the Balkan Wars and World War I, was built
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