Welcome to Ancona, Gateway to the East. The city and its ancient, cosmopolitan port have always been a bridge as well as a pivot between the East
A port of places, people, and work; a port of monuments and rituals, faces, stories, and tradition; a port of identities, languages, perspectives,
Ankòn is Greek for elbow. It’s the city around the port, the urban embrace that extends between the two seafronts. The long journey beginning at
The Jewish community of Ancona is one of the most ancient and relevant in Italy. Their presence is over a thousand years old, dating back to the year
Research has confirmed that, as early as Trajan’s times, the area of the port of Ancona that lies at the foot of the cliff below the Cathedral
A port of places, people, and work; a port of monuments and rituals, faces, stories, and tradition; a port of identities, languages, perspectives,
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