By Air

Cesena does not have its own airport but thanks to its proximity to the city of Forli and Rimini airports are within easy reach "Luigi Ridolfi" (Forli) and "Federico Fellini" (Rimini).

By Train

Cesena railway station opened in 1861 forms part of the Bologna–Ancona railway.It is situated at Piazza Giorgio Sanguinetti to the northeast of the city centre.

By Bus

The supervision of local transport services is provided by AVM (acronym for Wide Area Mobility) which includes the lines urban, suburban and extra-directed to the area of the province of Cesena.

By Road

Cesena is connected to the national motorway network via the toll Cesena Cesena Nord and the A14 Bologna - Taranto.Other important roads that touch the city are the Highway 9 Via Emilia which connects with all the capitals of the Emilia-Romagna, Ravenna and Ferrara apart coming up in San Donato Milanese.Significant also State Route 3 a Tiber (road E 45) which allows you to get to Rome providing an alternative to 'A1 to arrive from the north to the capital.

Archaeological Museum of Cesena, Museum of the land division, Cathedral of Cesena, Malatesta Fortress, Theatre Alessandro Bonci, Piazza del Popolo, Archaeological park of Colle Garampo

Archaeological Museum of Cesena

is located on the ground floor of the building which is situated the Malatesta Library presents a collection of artefacts from Cesena area, from prehistoric times until the Humanism.The collection is particularly rich in finds from the Roman period, among which indicate fragments of armor ( late empire ), a bronze plaque embossed with decorations, a belt of bronze, of a brick "Figulus Bonus" (II- I century BC ) plate of C Dedenus Secondus ( first century ); Rubiconis Decretum ( second century ) the stele which would mark the border crossed by Julius Caesar in 44 BC ; sarcophagus lid and Necropolis (IV- V century ) fragments of architrave and the "Lockable Case Missiroli "(II-I century BC), the stele of Cesii ( first century ) the stele Truppico the famous two silver plates of the fourth century (Missori) discovered in 1948 on the Hill Garampo.

Museum of the land division

The Reticulate Roman is a unique organization that responds to local production functions but also a vision of life and breath of the cosmos of religion.In Cesena between the city and the sea has been preserved to this day even in the changed technical and human conditions.All this is documented in a permanent exhibition with a temporary headquarters in a hall of the district Cervese North in St. George.In order not to break up a heritage so important yet so little visible (the land division has been documented by the division of the orthogonal warp fields by ditches and roads that can best be appreciated from above) the final project plan to spend a century in Museum open with a house that will house tools and objects of ancient and modern especially with an area treated with methods and cultures of other eras.An item of great interest is the way visit to the area that you can follow centuriated between villages, churches and crops .A series of helpful signs explaining allows us to appreciate and learn more about the history of land division Cesena and places visited.The beginning of the path is placed next to the train station.

Cathedral of Cesena

The Cathedral has not always been located in its current position.In fact, before the Signoria Malatesta it was placed inside the citadel raised (called Murata) the area now occupied by the fronton.In 1385 he started at the behest of Andrea Malatesta the construction of Roman-style Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist underwent several transformations over the centuries then returning to its original form with the last renovation of the second half of the twentieth century.The tower is located on the rear left side of the cathedral.It was built between 1443 and 1456 and designed by Maso di Lugano Val Peter was equipped with a belfry in 1741 and the original dome in 1753 reaching the height of 72 meters.

Malatesta Fortress

is a fortress founded to defend the city of Cesena the present is the third fort built not far from the ruins of the previous two of the late Roman and medieval.The first fort called "Old Fortress" was located further upstream the Beccavento on the ancient "castrum Romanum" and was destroyed by a landslide caused by a flood of the river Savio around the year 1000.Entering the courtyard, on the right stands the long east curtain, to the left lies the large lawn sloping dominated by two towers the Male and Female opposite the bottom of the lower court, bar up the great gate iron, old main entrance of the fortress.The fortress occupies the northern end of Hill Garampo hanging over the Piazza del Popolo the most important city on it looks Albornoz Palace now the Town Hall and the center you can admire the fountain built by Francesco Masini between 1589 and 1591.

Theatre Alessandro Bonci

is located within the walls of the old town of Cesena on Guidazzi Square, next to it are the Public Gardens.Teatro Alessandro Bonci was inaugurated on August 15th of 1846, three years after the start of work designed dall achitetto Ghinelli Vincent.Soon he distinguished himself for the representation of the best dramatic productions and opera, evidenced by the presence of prestigious Italian interpreters of the period.The theater was dedicated to the great tenor Cesena Alessandro Bonci after his performances in 1904 and 1927.On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his inauguration, on 25 January 1996, was reopened to the public after a restoration.Since 2001 is one of the main offices of theatrical production of Emilia Romagna Teatro.

Piazza del Popolo

is located in the old town of Cesena is headquarters of the Feast of Saint John and the market that it takes place every Wednesday and Saturday mornings, is the biggest market of the Romagna.It is known by all its inhabitants with the simple name of the square.Less than a square as opposed to the Upper Square which was located across from the Church of St. John the Evangelist (now the Piazzetta Cesena 1377), it has been reported since ancient times when the ancient Via Emilia, now the gut cobbled street that runs along Jacopo Mazzoni, the cut on her way to Rimini.The realization of the square into its present form is due to Andrea Malatesta, who had this to pave part of the slopes of the Colle Garampo.The historical and cultural roots of the market Cesena lost clues to the earliest history of the city.For years the market for street vendors has been a meeting place for artisans and farmers in the district People's Square trying to sell the fruits of their labor and their artistic endeavors.It is one of the largest of the Romagna region of a surface of 10,500 m 2 and 300 stalls.

Archaeological park of Colle Garampo

is a site of Colle Garampo archeology of Cesena where remains have been found in Cesena and other pre-Roman times.The first excavations on the hill Garampo were carried out in 1993 under the plan of the town car parks for which the supervision required in carrying out inspections and surveys.The investigations made it possible to identify large tracts of the settlement medieval including the route of the "side" the imposing masonry structure that surrounded the first settlements with defensive purposes.The buildings are identifiable in the homes of private small and medium size environments present for both home and business use indoor and outdoor courts consist of cobblestone and brick floors, roofs and wooden porches and probable rise also in wood.The discovery at the top of the hill a "pit to throw" (drain hole) filled with ceramic fragments of Roman Republican era has allowed the identification of "black painted pottery" in the second century BC which confirms the existence of a Roman settlement before the big urban development of the imperial era.

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