Ancona

Introduction

City and seaport in Marche, Italy This article is about the city in Italy. For other uses, see Ancona (disambiguation). Comune in Marche, ItalyAnconaComuneCittà di AnconaClockwise from top: view of the city, Lazzaretto of Ancona, Scalinata del Passetto [it] and Piazza IV Novembre with the Monument to the Fallen, Loggia dei Mercanti, San Ciriaco Cathedral, Piazza del Plebiscito (Piazza del Papa) [it], the Arch of Trajan FlagCoat of armsAnconaLocation of Ancona in MarcheCoordinates: 43°37′01″N 13°31′00″E / 43.61694°N 13.51667°E / 43.61694; 13.51667CountryItalyRegionMarcheProvinceAncona (AN)FrazioniAspio, Gallignano, Montacuto, Massignano, Montesicuro, Candia, Ghettarello, Paterno, Casine di Paterno, Poggio di Ancona, Sappanico, VaranoGovernment • MayorDaniele Silvetti (FI)Area • Total123.71 km2 (47.76 sq mi)Elevation16 m (52 ft)Population (2018-01-01) • Total100,924 • Density815.81/km2 (2,112.9/sq mi)DemonymsAnconetani, AnconitaniTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code60100, 60121–60129, 60131Dialing code071Patron saintJudas CyriacusSaint day4 MayWebsiteOfficial website Ancona (/æŋˈkoʊnə/, also US: /ænˈ-, ɑːnˈ-/; Italian: [aŋˈkoːna] ⓘ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy. The city of Ancona has an estimated population of around 99,469 as of 2025[update]. Ancona is the capital of the homonymous province and of the region. The city is located 280 km (170 mi) northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic Sea, between the slopes of the two extremities of the promontory of Monte Conero, Monte Astagno, and Monte Guasco. The hilly nature around Ancona is a strong contrast to the flatter coastline in areas further north. Ancona is one of the main ports on the Adriatic Sea, especially for passenger traffic, and is the main economic and demographic centre of the region. As a result of Ancona's unique elbow shape facing the sea, Ancona is one of the few cities in the world and the only city in Italy where it is possible to see both sunrise and sunset over the sea.

History

[edit] See also: Timeline of Ancona Model of the Temple of Aphrodite, on the acropolis of Ankón Greek coin of Ankón Greek colony[edit] Before the Greek colonization, the territory was occupied by separated communities of the Picentes tribes. Ancona took a more urban shape by Greek settlers from Syracuse in about 387 BC, who gave it its name: Ankṓn, then Ancona. This toponym stems from the Ancient Greek word ἀγκών (ankṓn), meaning "elbow" or "bend"; the harbour to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow. Greek merchants established a Tyrian purple dye factory here. The acropolis, with the temple of Aphrodite, was located on the top of the Guasco hill, on the site where the Ancona Cathedral stands today. Another temple, dedicated to Diomedes, stood on the seashore, at the end of the city's promontory. Diomedes was considered the mythical oikistes of the colony. Ankón had its own coinage with the punning device of the bent arm holding a myrtle sprig and the Gemini constellation, reference to the Dioscuri, protectors of sailors. On the reverse was the head of Aphrodite, goddess of good navigation. Ancona is still called the "Doric city" and the inhabitants are referred to as "Dorici", because it was a colony of Syracuse, which in turn was a colony founded by the Dorians of Corinth. Roman municipium[edit] Arch of Trajan Ancona and the Arch of Trajan depicted in Trajan's Column in Rome. In Roman times Ankón continued the use of the Greek language and kept its own coinage for about a century. When it became a Roman town is uncertain. It was a naval station in the Illyrian War of 178 BC. Julius Caesar took possession of it immediately after crossing the Rubicon. Its harbour was of considerable importance in imperial times, as the nearest to Dalmatia, and was enlarged by Trajan, who constructed the north quay with his architect Apollodorus of Damascus. At the beginning of it stands the marble triumphal arch, the Arch of Trajan with a single archway, and without bas-reliefs, erected in his honour in 115 by the Senate and Roman people., to honor the emperor who had made "the entrance to Italy safer" (tutiorem accessum Italiae), as can be read in the inscription on the arch. Ancona and the Arch of Trajan are depicted in Trajan's Column, with the imperial fleet departing for the Second Dacian War and Trajan haranguing his soldiers. Byzantine city[edit] Ancona was attacked successively by the Goths and Lombards between the 3rd and 5th centuries, but recovered its strength and importance. It was one of the cities of the Pentapolis of the Exarchate of Ravenna, a lordship of the Byzantine Empire, in the 7th and 8th centuries. In 840, Saracen raiders sacked and burned the city. After Charlemagne's conquest of northern Italy, it became the capital of the Marca di Ancona, whence the name of the modern region derives. Maritime Republic of Ancona[edit] Borders and castles of the Republic of Ancona in the 15th century Cathedral of Ancona (12nd century) Trade routes and warehouses of the maritime republic of Ancona The portal of the church of San Francesco alle Scale (1454) See also: Republic of Ancona After 1000, Ancona became increasingly independent, eventually turning into an important maritime republic (together with Gaeta and Ragusa, it is one of those not appearing on the Italian naval flag), often clashing against the nearby power of Venice. An oligarchic republic, Ancona was ruled by six Elders, elected by the three terzieri into which the city was divided: S. Pietro, Porto and Capodimonte.[citation needed] It had a coin of its own, the agontano, and a series of laws known as Statuti del mare e del Terzenale and Statuti della Dogana. Ancona was usually allied with the Republic of Ragusa and the Byzantine Empire. In 1137, 1167, and 1174 it was strong enough to push back the forces of the Holy Roman Empire. Anconitan ships took part in the Crusades, and their navigators included Cyriac of Ancona. In the struggle between the Popes and the Holy Roman Emperors that troubled Northern and central Italy from the 12th century onwards, Ancona sided with the Popes (Guelphs). Unlike other cities of northern Italy, Ancona never became a signoria. The sole exception was the rule of the Malatesta, who took the city in 1348, taking advantage of the black death and of a fire that had destroyed many of the city's important buildings.[citation needed] The Malatesta were ousted in 1383. In 1532, Ancona definitively lost its freedom and became part of the Papal States, under Pope Clement VII. The symbol of the new papal authority was the massive Citadel. In the Papal States[edit] Vanvitelli's Lazzaretto Pope Paul IV commanded the execution and burning of Converso merchants in Ancona for returning to Judaism. Later, Ancona, along with Rome and Avignon in southern France, was one of the three cities in the Papal States where Jews were permitted to remain after Pope Pius V ordered their banishment in 1569. They lived in the ghetto that had been established in Ancona in 1556. From the Reformation to the Napoleonic invasions, the city was effectively governed by a civic nobility, an urban patriciate that enjoyed broad jurisdictional autonomy over local justice and administration. In 1733, Pope Clement XII extended the quay, and an inferior imitation of Trajan's arch was set up; he also erected the Lazzaretto of Ancona at the south end of the harbour, Luigi Vanvitelli being the architect-in-chief. The southern quay was built in 1880, and the harbour was protected by forts on the heights. From 1797 onwards, when the French took it, it frequently appears in history as an important fortress.[citation needed] In 1832, French Expedition to Ancona occupied the city, remaining until 1838 when they and the Austrians in Bologna mutually agreed to withdraw. The Greek community of Ancona[edit] See also: Republic of Ancona § Communities present in the Republic This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Ancona, as well as Venice, became a very important destination for merchants from the Ottoman Empire during the 16th century. The Greeks formed the largest of the communities of foreign merchants. They were refugees from former Byzantine or Venetian territories that were occupied by the Ottomans in the late 15th and 16th centuries. The first Greek community was established in Ancona early in the 16th century. Contemporary history[edit] Ancona entered the Kingdom of Italy when Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière surrendered here on 29 September 1860 following a brief siege, eleven days after his defeat at Castelfidardo. On 23 May 1915, Italy entered World War I and joined the Entente Powers. In 1915, following Italy's entry, the battleship division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy carried out extensive bombardments causing great damage to all installations and killing several dozen people. Ancona was one of the most important Italian ports on the Adriatic Sea during the Great War. During World War II, the city was taken by the Polish 2nd Corps against Nazi German forces, as Free Polish forces were serving as part of the British Army. Poles were tasked with capture of the city on 16 June 1944 and accomplished the task a month later on 18 July 1944 in what is known as the battle of Ancona. The attack was part of an Allied operation to gain access to a seaport closer to the Gothic Line in order to shorten their lines of communication for the advance into northern Italy. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Great Britain visited Ancona in May 1961 as part of their tour of Italy. Jewish history[edit] See also: Ancona Jews Jews according to documents began living in Ancona in 967 AD, even though there is evidence they lived there even before. It has been claimed that in 1270, a Jewish resident of Ancona, Jacob of Ancona, travelled to China, four years before Marco Polo, and documented his impressions in a book called "The City of Lights". From 1300 and on, the Jewish community of Ancona grew steadily, most due to the city importance and it being a center of trade with the Levant. In that year, Jewish poet Immanuel the Roman tried to lower high taxation taken from the Jewish community of the city. Over the next 200 years, Jews from Germany, Spain, Sicily and Portugal immigrated to Ancona, due to persecutions in their homeland and thanks to the pro-Jewish attitude taken towards Ancona Jews due to their importance in the trade and banking business, making Ancona a trade center.[citation needed] In 1555, pope Paul IV forced the Crypto-Jewish community of the city to convert to Christianity, as part of his Papal Bull of 1555. While some did, others refused to do so and thus were hanged and then burnt in the town square. In response, Jewish merchants boycotted Ancona for a short while. The boycott was led by Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi.[citation needed] Though emancipated by Napoleon I for several years, in 1843 Pope Gregory XVI revived an old decree, forbidding Jews from living outside the ghetto, wearing identification sign on their clothes and other religious and financial restrictions. Public opinion did not approve of these restrictions, and they were cancelled a short while after. The Jews of Ancona received full emancipation in 1848 with the election of Pope Pius IX. In 1938, 1177 lived in Ancona; 53 Jews were sent away to Germany, 15 of them survived and returned to the town after World War II.[citation needed] The majority of the Jewish community stayed in town or emigrated due to high ransoms paid to the fascist regime. In 2004, about 200 Jews lived in Ancona.[citation needed] Two synagogues and two cemeteries still exist in the city. The ancient Monte-Cardeto cemetery is one of the biggest Jewish cemeteries in Europe and tombstones are dated to 1552 and on.[citation needed] It can still be visited and it resides within the Parco del Cardeto.

Geography

[edit] Climate[edit] The climate of Ancona is humid subtropical (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification) and the city lies on the border between mediterranean and more continental regions. Precipitations are regular throughout the year. Winters are cool (January mean temp. 5 °C or 41 °F), with frequent rain and fog. Temperatures can reach −10 °C (14 °F) or even lower values outside the city centre during the most intense cold waves. Snow is not unusual with air masses coming from Northern Europe or from the Balkans and Russia,[citation needed] and can be heavy at times (also due to the "Adriatic Sea effect"), especially in the hills surrounding the city centre. Summers are usually warm and humid (July mean temp. 22.5 °C or 72.5 °F). Highs sometimes can reach values around 35 and 40 °C (95 and 104 °F), especially if the wind is blowing from the south or from the west (föhn effect off the Apennine Mountains). Thunderstorms are quite common, particularly in August and September, and can be intense with occasional flash floods, damaging winds and even large hail. Spring and autumn are both seasons with changeable weather, but generally mild. Extremes in temperature have been −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) (in 1967) and 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) (in 1968) / 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) (in 1983). Climate data for Ancona (1991–2020) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.1(50.2) 11.5(52.7) 15.0(59.0) 18.5(65.3) 23.0(73.4) 27.3(81.1) 29.6(85.3) 29.6(85.3) 25.4(77.7) 20.7(69.3) 15.5(59.9) 11.2(52.2) 19.8(67.6) Daily mean °C (°F) 7.3(45.1) 8.2(46.8) 11.3(52.3) 14.6(58.3) 19.0(66.2) 23.1(73.6) 25.6(78.1) 25.7(78.3) 21.5(70.7) 17.4(63.3) 12.6(54.7) 8.4(47.1) 16.2(61.2) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.4(39.9) 4.9(40.8) 7.6(45.7) 10.6(51.1) 15.0(59.0) 19.0(66.2) 21.5(70.7) 21.8(71.2) 17.7(63.9) 14.0(57.2) 9.7(49.5) 5.5(41.9) 12.6(54.8) Average precipitation mm (inches) 47.0(1.85) 54.7(2.15) 59.4(2.34) 54.1(2.13) 55.9(2.20) 52.0(2.05) 35.2(1.39) 38.5(1.52) 85.8(3.38) 68.5(2.70) 87.0(3.43) 71.0(2.80) 709.1(27.94) Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.8 6.6 5.0 3.5 3.8 6.8 7.6 9.3 8.4 78.1 Source: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

Demographics

[edit] This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2024) Historical populationYearPop.±% 1174 11,000—     1565 18,435+67.6% 1582 27,770+50.6% 1656 17,033−38.7% 1701 16,212−4.8% 1708 16,194−0.1% 1769 23,028+42.2% 1809 31,231+35.6% 1816 32,636+4.5% 1828 36,816+12.8% 1844 43,217+17.4% 1846 43,953+1.7% 1853 44,833+2.0% 1861 47,230+5.3% 1871 45,681−3.3% 1881 48,888+7.0% 1901 58,602+19.9% 1911 65,388+11.6% 1921 68,521+4.8% 1931 75,372+10.0% 1936 78,639+4.3% 1951 85,763+9.1% 1961 100,485+17.2% 1971 109,789+9.3% 1981 106,498−3.0% 1991 101,285−4.9% 2001 100,507−0.8%2011100,497−0.0%202198,402−2.1%Source: P. Burattini. Stradario – Guida della città di Ancona (Ancona, 1951), ISTAT In 2007, there were 101,480 people residing in Ancona (the greater area has a population more than four times its size), located in the province of Ancona, Marches, of whom 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 15.54 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 24.06 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06 percent (minors) and 19.94 percent (pensioners). The average age of Ancona residents is 48, compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Ancona grew by 1.48 percent, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.56 percent. The current birth rate of Ancona is 8.14 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births. As of 2006[update], 92.77% of the population was Italian. The largest immigrant group came from other European nations (particularly those from Albania, Romania and Ukraine): 3.14%, followed by the Americas: 0.93%, East Asia: 0.83%, and North Africa: 0.80%.[citation needed]

Main sights

[edit] Ancona Cathedral[edit] A cannon situated near the Arch of Trajan, with the Ancona Cathedral in the background Renaissance Gothic door of the church of Sant'Agostino Ancona Cathedral, dedicated to Judas Cyriacus, was consecrated at the beginning of the 11th century and completed in 1189. Some writers suppose that the original church was in the form of a basilica and belonged to the 7th century. An early restoration was completed in 1234. It is a fine Romanesque building in grey stone, built in the form of a Greek cross, and other elements of Byzantine art. It has a dodecagonal dome over the centre slightly altered by Margaritone d'Arezzo in 1270. The façade has a Gothic portal, ascribed to Giorgio da Como (1228), which was intended to have a lateral arch on each side. The interior, which has a crypt under each transept, in the main preserves its original character. It has ten columns which are attributed to the temple of Venus. The church was restored in the 1980s. Arch of Trajan[edit] Arch of Trajan The Arch of Trajan is a marble structure 18 metres (59 feet) high, but only 3 metres (9.8 feet) wide, standing on a high platform approached by a wide flight of steps, and is one of the finest surviving Roman monuments in the Marches. It was built in the year 114/115 as an entrance to the causeway atop the harbour wall and is named in honour of Trajan, the emperor who made the harbour. Most of its original bronze ornaments have disappeared. The archway is flanked by pairs of fluted Corinthian columns on pedestals. A pediment bears inscriptions. The format is that of the Arch of Titus in Rome, but made taller, so that the bronze figures surmounting it, of Trajan, his wife Plotina and sister Marciana, would figure as a landmark for ships approaching Rome's greatest Adriatic port. Other sights[edit] Lazzaretto: the complex was planned by architect Luigi Vanvitelli in 1732 as a pentagonal building built on an artificial island, also pentagonal, as a quarantine station; it covers more than 20,000 square metres (220,000 square feet), built to protect the city from the risk of contagious diseases eventually reaching the town with the ships. Later it was used also as a military hospital or as barracks; it is currently used for cultural exhibits. The Episcopal Palace was the place where Pope Pius II died in 1464. Santa Maria della Piazza: medieval romanesque church with an elaborate arcaded façade (1210). Palazzo del Comune (or Palazzo degli Anziani – Elders palace); it was built in 1250, with lofty arched substructures at the back, was gotic work of Margaritone d'Arezzo. the Palazzo del Governo (now prefecture), Renaissance work of Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Santi Pellegrino e Teresa: 18th century church. Santissimo Sacramento: 16th and 18th century church. There are also several buildings by Giorgio da Sebenico, combining Gothic and Renaissance elements: the Palazzo Benincasa, the Loggia dei Mercanti, the Franciscan church of San Francesco alle Scale and Sant'Agostino, Augustinian church with statues portraying St. Monica, St. Nicola da Tolentino, St. Simplicianus and Blessed Agostino Trionfi; in the 18th century it was enlarged by Luigi Vanvitelli and turned into a palace after 1860. The National Archaeological Museum of the Marche Region is housed in the Palazzo Ferretti, built in the late Renaissance by Pellegrino Tibaldi; it preserves frescoes by Federico Zuccari. The Museum is divided into several sections: prehistoric section, with palaeolithic and neolithic artefacts, objects of the Copper Age and of the Bronze Age protohistoric section, with the richest existing collection of the Picenian civilization; the section includes a remarkable collection of Greek ceramics Greek-Hellenistic section, with coins, inscriptions, glassware and other objects from the necropolis of Ancona Roman section, with a statue of Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, carved sarcophagi and two Roman beds with fine decorations in ivory rich collection of ancient coins (not yet exposed) The port of Ancona The Municipal Art Gallery (Pinacoteca Civica Francesco Podesti) is housed in the Palazzo Bosdari, reconstructed between 1558 and 1561 by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Works in the gallery include: Circumcision, Dormitio Virginis and Crowned Virgin, by Olivuccio di Ciccarello Madonna with Child, panel by Carlo Crivelli Gozzi Altarpiece by Titian Sacra Conversazione by Lorenzo Lotto Portrait of Francesco Arsilli by Sebastiano Del Piombo Circumcision by Orazio Gentileschi Immaculate Conception and St. Palazia by Guercino Four Saints in Ecstasis, Panorama of Ancona in the sixteenth century and Musician Angels by Andrea Lillio Other artists present include Francesco Podesti, Ciro Ferri and Arcangelo di Cola. Modern artists featured are Anselmo Bucci, Massimo Campigli, Bruno Cassinari, Enzo Cucchi, Carlo Levi, Aligi Sassu, Orfeo Tamburi and others.

Notable people

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(September 2024) Andrea Agostinelli (born 1957), football coach and former player Luigi Albertini (1871–1941), newspaper editor and politician Niccolò Alemanni (1583–1626), Roman antiquarian of Greek origin Antonio Amurri (1925–1992), author, radio and television writer Ivan Ančić (1624–1685), Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian Franciscan and religious writer Francesco Appiani (1704–1792), painter Raphael Isaiah Azulai (c.1743–1826 or 1830), rabbi Baltimora (born 2001), singer Simone Barontini (born 1999), middle-distance runner Guglielmo Barnabò (1888–1954), actor Vincenzo Barone (born 1952), chemist Alberto Leoncini Bartoli (born 1932), diplomat Moses ben Mordecai Bassola (1480–1560), rabbi Guido Bedarida (1900–1962), Jewish writer Cleto Bellucci (1921–2013), Prelate of Roman Catholic Church Pietro Belluschi (1899–1994), Italian-American architect Loredana Bertè (born 1950), singer, songwriter and actress Nicola Bertucci (c.1710–1777), painter Leo Bianchi (born 1974), Bulgarian singer-songwriter Federico Bonaventura (1555–1602), nobleman Piergiorgio Bontempi (born 1968), motorcycle racer Mattia Bortolussi (born 1996), footballer Bruno Brivonesi (1886–1970), admiral Bruto Brivonesi (1888–1979), admiral during World War II Marcello Brunelli (1939–2020), neurophysiologist Corrado Cagli (1910–1976), painter Anastasia Carbonari (born 2003), Latvian cyclist Pietro Casaretto (1810–1878), Benedictine monk Abraham Isaac Castello (1726–1789), rabbi, preacher, and poet Christian Catalini, economist Michela Catena (born 1999), footballer Paolo Bartolommeo Clarici (1673–1721), painter Elisabetta Cocciaretto (born 2001), tennis player Luca Cognigni (born 1991), footballer Benjamin Consolo (1806–1887), Hebrew writer and translator Federico Consolo (1841–1906), violinist and composer Cesare and Vincenzo Conti, painters Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi (1878–1955), politician Franco Corelli (1921–2003), opera singer Cyriac of Ancona (1391–1453/55), navigator and archeologist Giorgio da Sebenico (c.1410–1473), Venetian sculptor and architect Enrico David (born 1966), artist Gino De Dominicis (1947–1998), artist Andrea De Falco (born 1986), footballer Lodovico De Filippis (born 1915), footballer Antonio De Gaetano (1934–2007), racewalker Gianni Del Buono (born 1943), middle-distance runner Charles Félix Jean-Baptiste Camerata-Passionei di Mazzoleni (1826–1853), French-Italian aristocrat Bartolomeo di Tommaso (c.1400–1453/54), painter Giulia Domenichetti (born 1984), football and futsal player Francesca Donato (born 1969), politician Eugenio Duca (1950–2021), politician Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi (1478–1510), aristocrat Roberta Faccani (born 1968), singer and actress Pier Simone Fanelli (1641–1703), painter Jacob Fano, rabbi and Hebrew poet Antonio Fatati (c.1410–1484), Catholic bishop Gabriel Ferretti (c.1385–1456), priest Gabriele Ferretti (1795–1860), Catholic cardinal Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti (1817–1873), Catholic cardinal Raimondo Ferretti (1650–1719), Roman Catholic prelate Joseph Fiametta (died 1721), rabbi Stefania Follini (born 1961), interior designer Francesco Foschi (1747–1819), painter Daniele Gaglianone (born 1966), film director Renato Galeazzi (born 1945), politician who served as Mayor of Ancona Gianmarco Garofoli (born 2002), cyclist Giuseppe Gatta (born 1967), football player Gaudentius of Ossero, bishop of Ossero Roberto Giolito (born 1962), automobile designer Leondino Giombini (born 1975), volleyballer Stefano Maria Benvenuti Gostoli (born 1976), politician Pope Gregory XII (1327–1417) Carlo Ilari (born 1991), footballer Patrick Kalambay (born 1984), footballer Pietro Lanfranconi (1596–1674), Bishop of Terni Riccardo Lattanzi (1934–1991), football referee Judah Messer Leon (c.1420 to 1425–c.1498), rabbi Bruno Leoni (1913–1967), classical-liberal political philosopher and lawyer Leone Levi (1821–1888), English jurist and statistician Andrea Lilio (1555–1642), painter Virna Lisi (1936–2014), actress Filippo Lombardi (born 1990), footballer Luca Lombardi (born 2002), footballer Edmondo Lorenzini (1937–2020), footballer Lorenzo Lotto (c.1480–1556/57), Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator Elena Luzzatto (1900–1983), architect Carlo Macchini (born 1996), gymnast Valeria Mancinelli (born 1955), politician and mayor of Ancona Luca Marchegiani (born 1966), footballer Tommaso Marini (born 2000), fencer Raffaele Martelli (1811–1880), Italian-Australian priest Roberto Masciarelli (born 1963), volleyballer Lucia Mascino (born 1977), actress Niccolò Matas (1798–1872), architect Enzo Matteucci (1933–1992), football coach and player Giovanni Mingazzini (1859–1929), neurologist Angelo Minghetti (1822–1885), ceramist Roberto Molinelli (born 1963), musician Emanuele Naspetti (born 1968), racing driver Carlo Nembrini (1611–1677), Bishop of Parma Vittoria Nenni (1915–1943), anti-fascist activist Alessio Nepi (born 2000), footballer Ave Ninchi (1914–1997), actress Francesco Maria Nocchieri, sculptor Gastone Novelli (1895–1919), World War I flying ace Luigi Olivi (1894–1917), World War I flying ace Marco Osio (born 1966), football manager and former player Alessandro Pajola (born 1999), basketballer Samuele Papi (born 1973), volleyballer Daniele Paponi (born 1988), footballer Antonio Francesco Peruzzini (1643 or 1646–1724), painter Giovanni Peruzzini (1629–1694), painter Emanuele Pesaresi (born 1976), footballer Maria Petraccini (1759–1791), anatomist, physician Matteo Piccione (1615 – 1671), painter Gastone Pierini (1899–1967), weightlifter Massimo Piloni (born 1948), football coach and former player Laura Pisati (1869/1870–1908), mathematician Francesco Podesti (1800–1895), painter Achille Polonara (born 1991), basketballer Antonio Ricci (c.1565–c.1635), Spanish Baroque painter Emma Gaggiotti Richards (1825 – 1912), painter Lorenzo Salvi (1810–1879), operatic tenor Emilio Savonanzi (1580 – 1666), painter Benvenutus Scotivoli (died 1282), Bishop of Osimo Agostina Segatori (1841–1910), model Rossella Franchini Sherifis (born 1953), diplomat Cristian Shpendi (born 2003), Albanian footballer Stiven Shpendi (born 2003), Albanian footballer Daniele Silvetti (born 1973), politician and current mayor of Ancona Prince Annibale Simonetti, Roman nobleman Carlo Smuraglia (1923–2022), politician Annamaria Solazzi (born 1965), beach volleyballer Umberto Spadaro (1904–1981), actor Anna Rita Sparaciari (born 1959), fencer Stamira (died 1173), heroic self-sacrificing woman who saved the city of Ancona during the 1173 siege Giuseppe Sturani (1855–1940), conductor Marco Tamberi (born 1958), high jumper Paul Tana (born 1947), Italian-Canadian film director and screenwriter Tommaso Tentoni (born 1997), footballer Daniel Terni (1760s–1814), rabbi Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527–1596), mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter Ariel Toaff (born 1942), historian Giove Toppi (1888–1942), cartoonist Rosanna Vaudetti (born 1937), television host Vito Volterra (1860–1940), mathematician Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856–1941), Austrian general during World War I Renato Zaccarelli (born 1951), football manager and former player Filippo Zappata (1894–1994), engineer Bruno Zauli (1902–1963), president of the Italian Athletics Federation Luigi Zenobi (1547/48–after 1602), virtuoso cornett player Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648), lyric poet from the Republic of Ragusa

Transportation

[edit] Shipping[edit] The Port has regular ferry links to the following cities with the following operators: Adria Ferries (Durrës) Jadrolinija (Split, Zadar) SNAV (Split) (seasonal) Superfast Ferries (Igoumenitsa, Patras) ANEK Lines (Igoumenitsa, Patras) Minoan Lines (Igoumenitsa, Patras) Marmara Lines (Çeşme) Airport[edit] Ancona is served by Ancona Airport (IATA: AOI, ICAO: LIPY), in Falconara Marittima and named after Raffaello Sanzio. European Coastal Airlines, a former seaplane operator from Croatia, established trans-Adriatic flights between Croatia and Italy in November 2015, and offered four weekly flights from Ancona Falconara Airport to Split (59 minutes) and Rijeka (49 minutes). Railways[edit] The Ancona railway station is the main railway station of the city and is served by regional and long-distance trains. The other stations are Ancona Marittima, Ancona Torrette, Ancona Stadio, Palombina and Varano. Roads[edit] The A14 motorway serves the city with the exits "Ancona Nord" (An. North) and "Ancona Sud" (An. South). Urban public transportation[edit] The Ancona trolleybus system has been in operation since 1949. Ancona is also served by an urban and suburban bus network operated by Conerobus.

Twin towns – sister cities

[edit] See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy Ancona is twinned with: Çeşme, Turkey Galați, Romania Split, Croatia Zadar, Croatia Granby, Canada Svolvær, Norway

Ancona

From Wikipedia

Maritime rhythms beyond the harbour

Dining in the shadow of the cathedral

A day‑trip framework for the Marche hinterland