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'San Remo [1] ' is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants and lies on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in northwestern Italy. It was founded in Roman times and is now best known for being a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera and the host of several cultural events such as the San Remo Music Festival. It is also widely accepted as the origin of the Five-card stud variant, Telesina[1].
The spelling of the city 'San Remo', is a phonetic contraction for the name San Romolo, the official saint and protector of the city (13th of October).
The spelling '''San Remo''' is very antique, used from the fourth century when Saint Romolo, Genoa's Bishop (Saint Romulus of Genoa), lived in Villa Matutia. He evangelized, governed and helped the town after the bishop Siro. He lived in holiness of life and he did miracles to help his people. He died in this news town catholic.
The citizen wanted to turn the name of the town Matutia on "San Remo" which in the local Ligurian sounds like ''San Rœmu'' (in accordance with the ligurian pronuciation to say Saint Romolo). Romolo became the official saint patron and protector of the city.
The spelling San Remo can be read in all the ancient maps of Liguria, of ancient Republic of Geona, of Italy in the Middle Ages, of the Kingdom of Sardinia and also of the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 too, in official documents during Fascism.
Only some years ago the problem of the official spelling began existing.
This form of the name is still used on road signs, in lots of public certificates and tourist information.
Once a Roman settlement (Matutia or Villa Matutiana), San Remo expanded in the Early Middle Ages when the population moved to the high grounds and built a castle and a walled village (La Pigna) to protect the town from Saracen raids.
At first subjected to the countship of Ventimiglia, it later passed under the dominion of the Genoese bishops, who in 1297 sold it to the Doria and De Mari families. It became a free town in the second half of the 15th century and spread on the Pigna hill and at Saint Siro's Basilica, the Cathedral. The old village remains almost perfectly preserved to this very day.
San Remo managed to remain independent from Genoa (Italian: ''Genova'') for a long time, but in 1753, after twenty years of fierce conflicts, San Remo rose against the hegemonical attempts of the Genoese city-state. It was at that time that the Genoveses built the fortress of Santa Tecla situated on the beach near the port. The fortress was used as a prison until 2002, and is now being transformed into a museum.
After the French domination and the Savoy restoration (1814), San Remo was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The town grew bigger from the middle of the 18th century onwards with the development of 'tourism': the first Grand Hotels were built and the town extended along the coast. At the time, famous people stayed in San Remo, such as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria "Sissi", the Czar Nicola of Russia, Alfred Nobel, Italo Calvino, the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, of whom we are reminded today when walking along the promenade of the same name along the sea and by the attractive Russian Orthodox church of San Basilio, erected in 1912 by the local Russian Community.
San Remo enjoys special weather conditions throughout the year due to its vicinity to the Mediterranean Sea and the presence of Maritime Alps right behind the town, the highest peak (Monte Bignone) being some 1,300 m above the sea level. Temperatures range from an average of 10°C during winter (the chilliest month being January) and 23°C over the summer. Such conditions make San Remo one of the most attractive tourist destinations of the Italian Riviera. There are plenty of tourist attractions in San Remo that are open all year round and it can boast numerous and well-equipped sports facilities, such as a golf course and a riding ground. There are two tourist harbours: Porto Vecchio and the modern Porto Sole. Many boutiques and local shops can be found in the town centre. The colourful market, held on Tuesday and Saturday mornings in Piazza Eroi Sanremesi, is very famous among the people living in the Italian and French riviera.
The city is connected to Genoa and to Ventimiglia, the border city with France, by the A10 motorway, whose last part is also known as the ''Autostrada dei Fiori'' ("Motorway of Flowers"). It is built of a large number of elevated section with viaducts and tunnels and gives a panoramic view of the coast. The A10 Autostrada seamlessly joins the French A8 autoroute at the state border between Ventimiglia and Menton. Together these national routes are part of the European route E80. Both the French and Italian motorways are toll roads.
The closest airport to San Remo is in France, the Côte d'Azur International Airport airport in Nice, only 45 minutes away by car or train. The railway also passes through the city and connects it to the other Ligurian cities, as well as with Nice, Milan, Turin and Rome.
The railway tracks were once located right on the coastline, very close to the sea, allowing travelers to admire the beauty of it. The track has been moved further north and underground, speeding up rail transportation. Consequently, the main train station has also been relocated and it is now next to the City Hall. Today an ongoing project, carried by Area 24, is dealing with the task of refurbishing the old area once occupied by the tracks and converting it into a biking route and a pedestrian area.
Other roads of importance are the SS1, the "Aurelia Bis" which connects San Remo to Taggia. This is a non-tolled bypass route. The coast road is the via Aurelia or SS1 and follows the route of a Roman road. This can be heavily congested when it passes through towns as it is only 1 lane in either direction for most of way around San Remo.
Besides tourism, the city is active in the production of Extra Virgin olive oil, whose regional "designation of origin" is protected (D.O.P., ''Denominazione di Origine Protetta'') and makes it one of the main production activities in western Liguria and in particular within the province of Imperia. San Remo is also known as the City of Flowers (''la Cittá dei Fiori''), this being another important aspect of the economy of the city. The near towns of Arma di Taggia, Bordighera and Ospedaletti are also involved in the cultivation of flowers for the international flower market of San Remo.
The town's Municipal Casino, together with the Ariston Theatre, offer annual series of concerts, operas and theater plays. San Remo's Symphony Orchestra is one of twelve symphonic orchestrae recognized by the state of Italy and it performs some 120 concerts throughout the year, most of which in the Municipal Casino's Opera Theater. The Ariston Theater hosts the annual San Remo Music Festival, a very popular song contest held in the city since 1951. This festival inspired the Eurovision Song Contest which debuted in 1956, and for years the San Remo festival also served to select the Italian entry for the international song contest. The internationally famous song ''"Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu"'', also known as ''"Volare"'', was performed at this festival for the first time by Domenico Modugno in 1958. The San Remo festival is so popular amongst Italians that it is often referred to simply as "Il Festival" (''The'' Festival). Other events include the Tenco Prize (Autumn), a song contest for authors dedicated to the memory of Luigi Tenco, the Flowers Parade held in January/February in which every city of the Italian Riviera presents an original composition of flowers displayed on a Carnival/Mardi-Gras style moving car, and the summer Firework International Contest held during the second week of July.
The San Remo Rally was a motor sport event that used to be part of the FIA World Rally Championship, (a pure tarmac rally, which took place around the mountains), took place in the fall of September for many decades up to and including 2003, until it was superseded by the island of Sardinia in hosting the Italian round of the World Rally Championship.
San Remo is also the finish of the classical Milan-San Remo cycle race (294km) of the UCI ProTour, and is considered to be one of the five 'Monuments' of the cycling season. Milan-San Remo is traditionally held in March, and is one of the first major fixtures on the cycling season.
The soccer club U.S. Sanremese Calcio is based in San Remo. The team currently plays in Serie C2/A.
Some of the great snacks available in San Remo and environs include Sardenara, Focaccia, Focaccia alle Cipolle, Torta Verde and Farinata.
★ Maria Alexandrovna, consort of Alexander II of Russia, spent the winter of 1874 in San Remo and as a gift to the city she later donated the palms that now decorate the seaside walk of Corso Imperatrice (Empress Avenue).
★ Italian-American mobster friend of Jimmy Burke, "Remo" whose name was derived from the city.
★ Alfred Nobel bought a villa in San Remo in 1891 and died there in 1896. Since 2002 it has housed a permanent exhibit on the most important discoveries of the 19th century including the research interests of Nobel himself.
★ Italian writer Italo Calvino spent his youth in San Remo and many of his novels, including Il Barone Rampante remind of his attachment to the city.
★ Edward Lear, artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, lived and died in San Remo. His tombstone is still visible in the Foce Cemetery.
★ The Italian actor and comedian Carlo Dapporto was born in San Remo and went on to became a household name in post war Italy.
★ The sicilian playwright and Nobel prize winner Luigi Pirandello lived in San Remo between 1933-34 and was appointed artistic director of the Casino.
★ The writer Tobias Smollett stayed a few days in San Remo in 1765 and described it thus "St. Remo is a pretty considerable town, well-built upon the declivity of a gently rolling hill...There is very little plain ground in this neighbourhood; but the hills are covered with oranges, lemons, pomegranates and olives....The women of St. Remo are much more handsome and better tempered than those of Provence." ''Travels through France and Italy ''(1766)
★ Italian director and cinematographer Mario Bava was born in San Remo in 1914.
The San Remo conference (19-26 April 1920) of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council determined the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East by the victorious powers. The most famous of these was the British Mandate of Palestine.
"Telesina...has ties to San Remo"
★ Official site (in Italian)
★ San Remo Festival
★ Sanremo Music Festival - The Best Unofficial website
★ San Remo Guide
★ Saint Sirus's Cathedral
★ All about the events in Sanremo English
'San Remo [1] ' is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants and lies on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in northwestern Italy. It was founded in Roman times and is now best known for being a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera and the host of several cultural events such as the San Remo Music Festival. It is also widely accepted as the origin of the Five-card stud variant, Telesina[1].
Location of San Remo in Italy.
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| Name |
| History |
| Tourism |
| Transport Links |
| Economy |
| Cultural events |
| Sport events |
| Culinary specialities |
| Famous people |
| Famous events |
| References |
| External links |
Name
The spelling of the city 'San Remo', is a phonetic contraction for the name San Romolo, the official saint and protector of the city (13th of October).
The spelling '''San Remo''' is very antique, used from the fourth century when Saint Romolo, Genoa's Bishop (Saint Romulus of Genoa), lived in Villa Matutia. He evangelized, governed and helped the town after the bishop Siro. He lived in holiness of life and he did miracles to help his people. He died in this news town catholic.
The citizen wanted to turn the name of the town Matutia on "San Remo" which in the local Ligurian sounds like ''San Rœmu'' (in accordance with the ligurian pronuciation to say Saint Romolo). Romolo became the official saint patron and protector of the city.
The spelling San Remo can be read in all the ancient maps of Liguria, of ancient Republic of Geona, of Italy in the Middle Ages, of the Kingdom of Sardinia and also of the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 too, in official documents during Fascism.
Only some years ago the problem of the official spelling began existing.
This form of the name is still used on road signs, in lots of public certificates and tourist information.
History
Once a Roman settlement (Matutia or Villa Matutiana), San Remo expanded in the Early Middle Ages when the population moved to the high grounds and built a castle and a walled village (La Pigna) to protect the town from Saracen raids.
At first subjected to the countship of Ventimiglia, it later passed under the dominion of the Genoese bishops, who in 1297 sold it to the Doria and De Mari families. It became a free town in the second half of the 15th century and spread on the Pigna hill and at Saint Siro's Basilica, the Cathedral. The old village remains almost perfectly preserved to this very day.
A narrow street in ''La Pigna''.
San Remo managed to remain independent from Genoa (Italian: ''Genova'') for a long time, but in 1753, after twenty years of fierce conflicts, San Remo rose against the hegemonical attempts of the Genoese city-state. It was at that time that the Genoveses built the fortress of Santa Tecla situated on the beach near the port. The fortress was used as a prison until 2002, and is now being transformed into a museum.
After the French domination and the Savoy restoration (1814), San Remo was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia.
The town grew bigger from the middle of the 18th century onwards with the development of 'tourism': the first Grand Hotels were built and the town extended along the coast. At the time, famous people stayed in San Remo, such as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria "Sissi", the Czar Nicola of Russia, Alfred Nobel, Italo Calvino, the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, of whom we are reminded today when walking along the promenade of the same name along the sea and by the attractive Russian Orthodox church of San Basilio, erected in 1912 by the local Russian Community.
Tourism
San Remo by night.
San Remo enjoys special weather conditions throughout the year due to its vicinity to the Mediterranean Sea and the presence of Maritime Alps right behind the town, the highest peak (Monte Bignone) being some 1,300 m above the sea level. Temperatures range from an average of 10°C during winter (the chilliest month being January) and 23°C over the summer. Such conditions make San Remo one of the most attractive tourist destinations of the Italian Riviera. There are plenty of tourist attractions in San Remo that are open all year round and it can boast numerous and well-equipped sports facilities, such as a golf course and a riding ground. There are two tourist harbours: Porto Vecchio and the modern Porto Sole. Many boutiques and local shops can be found in the town centre. The colourful market, held on Tuesday and Saturday mornings in Piazza Eroi Sanremesi, is very famous among the people living in the Italian and French riviera.
Transport Links
A view of San Remo from the sea.
The city is connected to Genoa and to Ventimiglia, the border city with France, by the A10 motorway, whose last part is also known as the ''Autostrada dei Fiori'' ("Motorway of Flowers"). It is built of a large number of elevated section with viaducts and tunnels and gives a panoramic view of the coast. The A10 Autostrada seamlessly joins the French A8 autoroute at the state border between Ventimiglia and Menton. Together these national routes are part of the European route E80. Both the French and Italian motorways are toll roads.
The closest airport to San Remo is in France, the Côte d'Azur International Airport airport in Nice, only 45 minutes away by car or train. The railway also passes through the city and connects it to the other Ligurian cities, as well as with Nice, Milan, Turin and Rome.
The railway tracks were once located right on the coastline, very close to the sea, allowing travelers to admire the beauty of it. The track has been moved further north and underground, speeding up rail transportation. Consequently, the main train station has also been relocated and it is now next to the City Hall. Today an ongoing project, carried by Area 24, is dealing with the task of refurbishing the old area once occupied by the tracks and converting it into a biking route and a pedestrian area.
Other roads of importance are the SS1, the "Aurelia Bis" which connects San Remo to Taggia. This is a non-tolled bypass route. The coast road is the via Aurelia or SS1 and follows the route of a Roman road. This can be heavily congested when it passes through towns as it is only 1 lane in either direction for most of way around San Remo.
Economy
Besides tourism, the city is active in the production of Extra Virgin olive oil, whose regional "designation of origin" is protected (D.O.P., ''Denominazione di Origine Protetta'') and makes it one of the main production activities in western Liguria and in particular within the province of Imperia. San Remo is also known as the City of Flowers (''la Cittá dei Fiori''), this being another important aspect of the economy of the city. The near towns of Arma di Taggia, Bordighera and Ospedaletti are also involved in the cultivation of flowers for the international flower market of San Remo.
Cultural events
Casino of San Remo
The town's Municipal Casino, together with the Ariston Theatre, offer annual series of concerts, operas and theater plays. San Remo's Symphony Orchestra is one of twelve symphonic orchestrae recognized by the state of Italy and it performs some 120 concerts throughout the year, most of which in the Municipal Casino's Opera Theater. The Ariston Theater hosts the annual San Remo Music Festival, a very popular song contest held in the city since 1951. This festival inspired the Eurovision Song Contest which debuted in 1956, and for years the San Remo festival also served to select the Italian entry for the international song contest. The internationally famous song ''"Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu"'', also known as ''"Volare"'', was performed at this festival for the first time by Domenico Modugno in 1958. The San Remo festival is so popular amongst Italians that it is often referred to simply as "Il Festival" (''The'' Festival). Other events include the Tenco Prize (Autumn), a song contest for authors dedicated to the memory of Luigi Tenco, the Flowers Parade held in January/February in which every city of the Italian Riviera presents an original composition of flowers displayed on a Carnival/Mardi-Gras style moving car, and the summer Firework International Contest held during the second week of July.
Sport events
The San Remo Rally was a motor sport event that used to be part of the FIA World Rally Championship, (a pure tarmac rally, which took place around the mountains), took place in the fall of September for many decades up to and including 2003, until it was superseded by the island of Sardinia in hosting the Italian round of the World Rally Championship.
San Remo is also the finish of the classical Milan-San Remo cycle race (294km) of the UCI ProTour, and is considered to be one of the five 'Monuments' of the cycling season. Milan-San Remo is traditionally held in March, and is one of the first major fixtures on the cycling season.
The soccer club U.S. Sanremese Calcio is based in San Remo. The team currently plays in Serie C2/A.
Culinary specialities
Some of the great snacks available in San Remo and environs include Sardenara, Focaccia, Focaccia alle Cipolle, Torta Verde and Farinata.
Famous people
★ Maria Alexandrovna, consort of Alexander II of Russia, spent the winter of 1874 in San Remo and as a gift to the city she later donated the palms that now decorate the seaside walk of Corso Imperatrice (Empress Avenue).
★ Italian-American mobster friend of Jimmy Burke, "Remo" whose name was derived from the city.
★ Alfred Nobel bought a villa in San Remo in 1891 and died there in 1896. Since 2002 it has housed a permanent exhibit on the most important discoveries of the 19th century including the research interests of Nobel himself.
Villa Nobel.
★ Italian writer Italo Calvino spent his youth in San Remo and many of his novels, including Il Barone Rampante remind of his attachment to the city.
★ Edward Lear, artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, lived and died in San Remo. His tombstone is still visible in the Foce Cemetery.
★ The Italian actor and comedian Carlo Dapporto was born in San Remo and went on to became a household name in post war Italy.
★ The sicilian playwright and Nobel prize winner Luigi Pirandello lived in San Remo between 1933-34 and was appointed artistic director of the Casino.
★ The writer Tobias Smollett stayed a few days in San Remo in 1765 and described it thus "St. Remo is a pretty considerable town, well-built upon the declivity of a gently rolling hill...There is very little plain ground in this neighbourhood; but the hills are covered with oranges, lemons, pomegranates and olives....The women of St. Remo are much more handsome and better tempered than those of Provence." ''Travels through France and Italy ''(1766)
★ Italian director and cinematographer Mario Bava was born in San Remo in 1914.
Famous events
The San Remo conference (19-26 April 1920) of the post-World War I Allied Supreme Council determined the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East by the victorious powers. The most famous of these was the British Mandate of Palestine.
References
"Telesina...has ties to San Remo"
External links
★ Official site (in Italian)
★ San Remo Festival
★ Sanremo Music Festival - The Best Unofficial website
★ San Remo Guide
★ Saint Sirus's Cathedral
★ All about the events in Sanremo English
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