Five places to visit in Cesenatico

1) Saint James Church

The church arose where in 1324 an oratory had been built which was dedicated to Saint James the Apostle and Christophe Martyr. From a document comes out that in 1736 the ruined building by that time had been under restoration and was reconstructed. The building with just the nave was consecrated on 16th May 1765. Until today no important changes in the architecture have taken place since the age of its reconstruction. Inside the church there is a picture, representing Saint Joseph, attributed not unanimously to the painter Guido Cagnacci. There are also fine decorative works attributed to Giuseppe Milani. The floor in terracotta tiles in the niche, where the Baptistery is situated, on which the date of 1765 is imprinted, and the font made of marble are original too..

2) Piazza Pisacane

In the middle of the square Giuseppe Garibaldi‘s statue stands, in memory of his passage through Cesenatico which occurred on 2nd August 1849. In 1580 on the right hand side of the square the clock-tower had been built under which through an arch wayfarers came from Cesena. The tower collapsed in the earthquake of 1875, but the statue of the Virgin situated in a niche under the clock of the tower remained intact. The statue of terracotta and plaster was set on the façade of Saint James church in the beginning of the 20st century. After the earthquake the palace still framing the square was built, where at that time as today the post-office, a bar and other premises are located. Opposite the square, on both sides of the bridge there are the Venetian columns, evidence of the short period (1503- 1505) when Cesenatico was ruled by Venice. The two columns are made of pink granite and probably bore on their capitals: one the lion of Saint Mark, the other the statue of the local patron saint.

3) Conserves

The first record testifying the use of the “conserves” is a Venetian plan from 1643, they were useful to keep fish put between layers of pressed ice and snow inside masonry cylindrical truncated conical buildings with basements. These constructions were surmounted by a square masonry space without windows, which isolated from the external environment. On one of the sides a room, also square, was situated with a double door on the external side and a single one on the side of the funnel. The buildings, in order to be better isolated, were covered also on the roof with heaps of sand held by means of clods. The temperature inside the “conserves” was -5, -10 even in the summertime.

4) Casa Marino Moretti

Marino Moretti was born in Cesenatico in 1885. About his town he wrote “This place is for me first of all father and mother …….”, The happy time. Marino Moretti left his books and autographical papers to the local town library. In 1980 his sister Ines donated the house on the canal to the municipality of Cesenatico, in order to keep the writer’s library and archives in their original place and to grant their availability.

5) Maritime Museum – Antiquarium

The Maritime Museum consists of a section on the ground and a floating section. Inside a thematic route on traditional marine of Upper and Middle Adriatic is proposed. The floating section is situated in the most internal part of the port-canal, where traditional boats used in the Adriatic Sea are on display in their natural environment.
The Antiquarium contains finds, especially of the Roman republican and imperial age, coming from the archaeological excavations carried out in the area of Cesenatico. There are handmade pottery, clay statues, remains of mosaic floor, bricks on which seals are visible and all the materials coming from the brick-kilns and the settlements situated on the territory on show.