Porto San Giorgio, Province of Fermo, Marche Region, Italy
🇮🇹 Porto San Giorgio is a comune (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
History Already famous at the times of Pliny the Elder as Navale Firmanorum and cited by Strabo and in the Tabula Peutingeriana as Castrum Firmanorum (Citadel of Fermo), it was bound to the development of the port of Fermo, probably situated to the estuary of the Ete river and connected to the city of Fermo by the Pompeiana road.
"Alba a Porto San Giorgio", by Savino Marè
In 2013 the promenade of Porto San Giorgio was immortalized by photographer Savino Marè. The photo, entitled "Alba a Porto San Giorgio", helped make the City and the entire region famous at the tourist level, receiving the award at the International Tourism Exchange in Milan.
Transport: Rail The Porto San Giorgio-Fermo station is on the Ancona-Pescara railway line of the Ferrovie dello Stato.
Porto San Giorgio was connected to Amandola through a 56-kilometre (35 mi) narrow gauge railway with 950-millimetre (37 in) track, the so-called "Italian gauge", which was disabled in 1956.
Landmarks The Chiesa di San Giorgio was completed in 1834, replacing an earlier building which had housed the now-dispersed Porto San Giorgio Altarpiece by Carlo Crivelli. Tiepolo Fortress was built in 1267 by Lorenzo Tiepolo.
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Porto San Giorgio has a population of over 15,692 people. Porto San Giorgio also forms part of the wider Fermo Province which has a population of over 174,358 people. Porto San Giorgio is situated near Fermo.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Porto San Giorgio has links with:
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🇨🇦 St. Catharines 43.156
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🇮🇹 San Benedetto del Tronto 13.878
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🇨🇿 Strakonice 13.904
Locations Near: Porto San Giorgio 13.8,43.1833
🇮🇹 San Benedetto del Tronto 13.878,42.95 d: 26.8
🇮🇹 Macerata 13.45,43.3 d: 31.2
🇮🇹 Ascoli Piceno 13.583,42.85 d: 41
🇮🇹 Ancona 13.509,43.618 d: 53.8
🇮🇹 Montesilvano 14.157,42.515 d: 79.9
🇮🇹 Senigallia 13.217,43.717 d: 75.7
Antipodal to: Porto San Giorgio -166.2,-43.183
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🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16761.3
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