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,
The painted port is a contemporary monument, ahead of its time by nearly twenty years with its now iconic murals and street art. These works have
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
The open space between the Jersey Barriers and the sky is the beginning of a reconciliation between the port and the city, of a renewed urban
Every night, the ritual of the auction plays out under the concrete bays designed by Gaetano Minnucci. At the top of the staircase, a
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