LEVANTO, a seaport and fortified town of the kingdom of Sardinia, on the E. shore of the Gulf of Genoa, 12 miles N.W. of Spezia. The town, though dirty, contains several fine edifices, the chief of which is the church consecrated in 1463, and built after the style of the Genoa cathedral. Wine and oil are exported hence in considerable quantities. The former is made at Vernazza, an adjoining village. Pop. 4600.