Cesenatico

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Comune di Cesenatico
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Province	Forlì-Cesena (FC)
Mayor

Elevation	3 m
Area	45 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 31, 2005)	23,416
- Density	475/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	44°12′N 12°25′E
Gentilic	Cesenaticesi
Dialing code	0547
Postal code	47042
Frazioni	See list
Patron	St. James Apostle
- Day	July 25
Location of Cesenatico in Italy
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 port was designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

The port of Cesenatico.

1 History
2 Main sights
3 Notable people
4 Events
5 Frazioni
6 External links

[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).

It is home to the Floating Museum of Marine History, 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 beautiful 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.