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 container is an icon of modernity; each rectangular box is both origin and destination, each encloses histories and stories, a name and a citation,
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
Experienced, careful, surefooted, millimetric – in sky, on land, and at sea – caught between wharf, water, and wind. Synchronisation is a matter
Moretta or turchetto? It’s a typically Italian dispute, like Coppi vs Bartali, Milan vs Inter, white wine vs red. For centuries, people who work
The process of urban regeneration and integration of the oldest part of the city with its port finds its synthesis on the Saint Francis quay, where
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