by scapelli_lzs3r6yj | Jun 22, 2022
You will not believe it, but there was a time when as children we didn’t even know that the large pits in this square existed. They were created to keep fish and other foods cool. Nowadays they are a tourist attraction and tell a story of Cesenatico’s past. In town...
by scapelli_lzs3r6yj | Jun 22, 2022
There are so many benches along the port, but this one is special to me. From here I can see the inscription “1911” on the wall of the fish market. How many stories could that wall tell? Many, I’m sure, my story too. If I close my eyes, I see myself as a...
by scapelli_lzs3r6yj | Jun 22, 2022
From this corner of Cesenatico my gaze embraces a piece of history of the city, and a little bit of mine too. When I look at the town hall, a white, imposing building designed by Giò Ponti in 1960 and situated on the other side of the port, I think it was my father...
by scapelli_lzs3r6yj | Jun 22, 2022
I was born in Viale Roma, in the Monte district of Cesenatico, in 1956. I was the ninth of ten children. I have always gone on foot around town, from my house to the Piazza della Conserve, the monastery, and this square, which we in Cesenatico have always called...
by scapelli_lzs3r6yj | Jun 22, 2022
“Duv’andasì?”, “where are you going” asked my mother (in dialect) when she saw us going out together, me and my friend Marco. I remember the days, as children, that the two of us lived secret lives. The reality was that it was only a secret life in...
