Cesenatico

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Comune di Cesenatico
Coat of arms of Comune di Cesenatico
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Cesenatico in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province Forlì-Cesena (FC)
Mayor Nivardo Panzavolta
Elevation 3 m (10 ft)
Area 45 km² (17 sq mi)
Population (as of December 31, 2005)
 - Total 24104[1]
 - Density [n.a.]
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 44°12′00″N, 12°23′40″E[1]
Gentilic Cesenaticesi
Dialing code 0547
Postal code 47042
Frazioni See list
Patron St. James Apostle
 - Day July 25
Website: www.comune.cesenatico.fc.it

Cesenatico is a port town of about 20,000 people on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is located in province of Forlì-Cesena in the region of Emilia-Romagna, about 30 km south of Ravenna on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Cesenatico's existing port canal was surveyed and drawn by Leonardo da Vinci at the request of Cesare Borgia as part of his plans to fortify the nearby town of Cesena.

The canal of Cesenatico.
The canal of Cesenatico.




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[edit] History

Cesenatico was founded in 1302. It was considered part of the city of Cesena until it was granted independence at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1722, James Francis Edward Stuart (the 'Old Pretender' to the British throne) stayed in Cesenatico's Capuchin monastery.

[edit] Main sights

Today Cesenatico is a popular tourist resort. The port-channel was built in 1500 after an original design by Leonardo da Vinci (originally planned to reach Cesena, some 15  in the interior).

Cesenatico is home to the Marine Museum (Museo della Marineria), where historic fishing boats are displayed in the sea.

[edit] Notable people

Cesenatico is the hometown of the cookery writer Marcella Hazan, the soccer player Giorgio Ghezzi, and cyclist Marco Pantani (to whom a monument is dedicated here). It is also home to a historic Catholic church where regular mass services are held.

[edit] Events

Cesenatico hosts every year the final stage of the Italian Mathematics Olympiad, a mathematical battle of wits between the best 300 high school students in Italy. It is usually held in the week-end following the first Thursday of May.

Cesenatico holds the Annual Nove Colli Cycling Road event across nine of the appenine foothills in May of each year. It was recently renamed the Marco Pantani Nove Colli. (other events associated include the Nove Colli Off Road and Junior Event in September each year)

Dont miss out on the Annual Cucagna - where neighbouring zones of the town compete by climbing a greased pole in the Old Fishing Port to win the prize at the end of the pole. Takes Place July/August each year.

[edit] Frazioni

Bagnarola, Borella, Cannucceto, Sala, Valverde, Villalta, Villamarina, Zadina.

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[edit] Sister cities

The town is twinned with:

[edit] External links

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ a b "The World Gazetteer". Retrieved on 2007-02-23.



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