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
Up until the mid-19th century, there were openings along the perimeter of the port connecting it to the city. These were called portelle; there were
A container is an icon of modernity; each rectangular box is both origin and destination, each encloses histories and stories, a name and a citation,
A port of places, people, and work; a port of monuments and rituals, faces, stories, and tradition; a port of identities, languages, perspectives,
Along the Teatine coast, between Ortona and Vasto, lies the poetic Trabocchi Coast, a stretch of coastline where jagged rocks plunge into the
In the heart of the Marche hinterland, among lush hills and deep karst gorges, lies the Gola della Rossa and Frasassi Regional Nature Park, the
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