FIORENZUOLA DI FOCARA
Proceeding along the panoramic road, whose hairpin bends follow the hill and the coastline that overhangs the Adriatic Sea, in a splendid environmental context protected by the Colle San Bartolo Regional Natural Park, you reach Fiorenzuola di Focara, the ancient Castrum Florentii which , object of bitter disputes between the Church of Ravenna and that of Pesaro, ended up passing definitively, in the XIII century, to the Municipality of Pesaro.
Of the castle, repeatedly ruined by earthquakes, only the gateway, part of the walls, the bell tower and the ruins of the Church of Sant'Andrea (the bell tower and the rectory) remain.
After the gate, on which a plaque recalls Dante's verses (Inferno XXVIII) relating to an event that occurred in the sea opposite, the village streets run through concentric semicircles that lead to the void of the cliff and then climb toward the old church.
Of the ancient medieval houses, many have survived to the present day, but just as many have been swallowed up by the sea, which continues to erode the cliff below.
The village, originally called only Fiorenzuola, took on the name of Focara in 1889, a toponym perhaps due to the fires that were lit to help sailors identify the position of the promontory, known for contrary winds since ancient times, or for the presence of kilns in which bricks and terracotta were fired.
Rubber dinghies leave from Beach 49 in Riccione and take you directly to the beach of Fiorenzuola di Focara for a beautiful trip out to sea.
Of the castle, repeatedly ruined by earthquakes, only the gateway, part of the walls, the bell tower and the ruins of the Church of Sant'Andrea (the bell tower and the rectory) remain.
After the gate, on which a plaque recalls Dante's verses (Inferno XXVIII) relating to an event that occurred in the sea opposite, the village streets run through concentric semicircles that lead to the void of the cliff and then climb toward the old church.
Of the ancient medieval houses, many have survived to the present day, but just as many have been swallowed up by the sea, which continues to erode the cliff below.
The village, originally called only Fiorenzuola, took on the name of Focara in 1889, a toponym perhaps due to the fires that were lit to help sailors identify the position of the promontory, known for contrary winds since ancient times, or for the presence of kilns in which bricks and terracotta were fired.
Rubber dinghies leave from Beach 49 in Riccione and take you directly to the beach of Fiorenzuola di Focara for a beautiful trip out to sea.