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SAN BENEDETTO del TRONTO Opportunities in Paradise A brief look into the football raved beach town of San Benedetto Del Tronto SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 1 LOCATION San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and comune in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. Its port is one of the biggest on the Adriatic; it is the most important centre of Riviera of the Palms, with over 8,000 Phoenix canariensis, Washingtonia and P. sylvestris plants. WATCH SHORT VIDEO OF BEAUTIFUL SAN BENEDETTO SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 2 STADIUM RIVIERA DELLE PALME CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO OF CURRENT CONDITION OF STADIUM The stadium fits 22,000 people comfortably and as you can see is placed near the beach of the Adriatic sea. The soccer team is the face of this town and that is why the council is supporting the club by giving them lucrative opportunities in the city. Watch here how the fans cheer them on. SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 3 TOURISM The tourism represents the most important item of the city income. San Benedetto has established itself, since the early decades of the twentieth century, as one of the most famous and popular seaside resorts. Since the second half of the sixties, it has also established itself as the first tourist destination of Marche in terms of number of presences. During the summer San Benedetto, triples and sometimes quadruples its inhabitants, can reach a daily population of between 150,000 and 200,000 inhabitants among tourists housed in accommodation and commuters. It boasts the Blue Flag of the European Community and invests in promoting and consolidating an image acquired not only nationally. This image has been conveyed, for about a decade, with the mark "Riviera delle Palme", a name which, sharing them under the same Tourism Promotion Company, also encompasses the other two countries bordering the southernmost part of Province of Ascoli Piceno, Grottammare and Cupra Marittima, as well as some villages in the San Benedetto area, Offida, Monteprandone, Acquaviva Picena, Ripatransone and the Lazio municipality of Accumoli (joined the consortium in 2008). The San Benedetto del Tronto train station is connected to lines that connect it to Milan - Bologna - Ancona - Lecce and also Rome - Falconara Marittima - Napoli Some sights Cycle paths The city has a large number of cycle paths, so much so that it is possible to follow it without interruption from the north (where it has a connection with the Grottammare cycle path) to the south (plunging into the Sentina Park). From 2001 to 2010, the section that completes a single walk up to Cupra Marittima was completed by extending the long Green Adriatic Corridor. In the coming years the construction of a bridge over the SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 4 river Tronto is planned, which will make possible the connection between the cycle path inside the Sentina and the waterfront track of Martinsicuro. At the central railway station and the Sentina natural reserve there is a free Bicycle- sharing system, for tourists and residents, called C'entro in Bici . The San Benedetto del Tronto cycle path is part of the Green Adriatic Corridor, the bike path that runs along the Adriatic coast and crosses five regions from Emilia-Romagna to Apulia. From the Ciclovia Adriatica (near the Sentina regional nature reserve) the Ciclovia Salaria branches off, a cycling route that, once completed, will go to connect Adriatic coast with Rome and the coast tirrenica (to Ostia) closely following the route of the ancient Via Salaria. SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 5 Gualtieri Tower The Gualtieri Tower (Torrione) is an old observatory dating back to the 12th–13th century located on the highest and oldest part of the city known as San Benedetto Alta. The tower is 20 metres (66 ft)[10] tall and provides a complete view of the city. Monument to the fisherman This statue is located at the point where the waterfront joins the southern dock of the harbor basin and reproduces the fishermen's estate during storms, when, to draw attention to the danger deriving from the looming fog over the sea, they used the trumpet. It is the work of Cleto Capponi, a Grottammarese artist. The Jonathan seagull monument The Jonathan seagull monument Created by the artist Mario Lupo in 1986, the monument to the seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull, protagonist of the book by Richard Bach, rises along the southern pier promenade, the one that was renamed The Jonathan's way. The work, projected for 10 meters, encloses the life of seagulls and water in a blue circle. It is the symbol of the generous industriousness and SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 6 tenacity typical of seafarers, people used to face and overcome obstacles and difficulties silently. The course The historic Viale Secondo Moretti, built at the beginning of the thirties of the last century by the engineer Luigi Onorati as part of the project that led to the construction of the waterfront, located in the city center, perpendicular to the beginning of the northern waterfront, has been for decades now, the meeting place of the Sambenedettese population and the surrounding area. Pedestrian area, recently renovated, home to the city's historic premises and numerous commercial activities, for some years now it has been enriched by a collection of works of modern art, in particular sculptures, by Ugo Nespolo, Enrico Baj, Mark Kostabi, Paolo Consorti, Marco Lodola, Paolo Annibali. The center of the course, the undisputed reference point and meeting place of the town, is the evocative Giorgini square (or Giorgini rotunda), dedicated to Carlo Giorgini, one of the most beloved mayors of the city, famous as the Rotunda, located at the intersection of the end of Viale Secondo Moretti and the north start of the waterfront. The characteristic fountain located in the center of the square has now become one of the most famous symbols and images of the city. SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 7 Seafront Promenade of San Benedetto del Tronto In 1931, on the project of the engineer Luigi Onorati, the promenade was built which, still today, as well as being an essential means of communication, is the pulsating center of San Benedetto and has also become the place with which the town image is identified, in Italy and also abroad, for the portal virgilio.it that of San Benedetto is one of the most beautiful promenades of Italy.[12] Considered disproportionate at the time of construction, it has a roadway with a total width of 30 meters and starts from the famous and evocative Giorgini roundabout (the rotunda), at the end of the central Viale Moretti, and, in its northernmost part, for the withdrawal of the sea consequent to the continuous enlargement of the port, it is very backward compared to the sea shore. Concludes at the Salvo D'Acquisto roundabout in Porto d'Ascoli for a total length of about 6 km. It is bordered by lush gardens, a pine forest, tennis courts, a skating rink and a building, the "Palazzina Azzurra", the city's local historian, on the mouth of the Albula stream that determines the end of the first stretch, to the south of which the most touristy area, with beachside resorts on one side and villas and hotels on the other side of the road. A peculiar feature of the waterfront is the abundant presence of palm trees (mainly Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix sylvestris) which have become a bit of a city symbol (today, between public and private gardens and along the city avenues, there are a total of about 8,000 palm SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 8 trees of various species) in the tourist sense, having taken the same tourist promotion company the name of Riviera delle Palme. In 2001 the cycle path was completed which is a single walk to Cupra Marittima to the north and to Porto d'Ascoli to the south. The southern part of the waterfront has been subject to interventions at different times. In 2004, a radical reconstruction was launched which saw the modernization of the first part of the southern promenade: both the pedestrian area and the cycle path were extended. Then in 2007 the 2nd section was inaugurated. The cycle path is part of the larger project called Ciclovia Adriatica which once completed will connect the entire Adriatic coast. waterfall at the southern promenade of San Benedetto del Tronto In addition to the pedestrian area and the cycle path, there are "thematic gardens", the "oases": arid garden, wet garden, palm garden, rose garden, Mediterranean bush garden. The materials chosen are compatible with the new vocation of the waterfront in order to make these features look like real natural spaces on the sea, where to stop to admire the view, or for direct access to the beach. On the official website of the Municipality it is possible to admire the photos of the new waterfront and also make a virtual tour. In 2016, work began on the redevelopment of the northern promenade, which extends for about 2 km and goes from the "Palazzo Las Vegas" to the Albula stream. Riviera delle Palme The "Riviera delle Palme" is a beach located in San Benedetto del Tronto. It has annually been awarded a Blue Flag since 1998. The Blue Flag is a certification awarded to beaches and marinas by the Foundation for Environmental Education which qualify with its environmental standards. SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO CLUB SAMB 9 Museum of the Sea Museum The "Polo del Mare" museum complex is composed of five sections: the "Augusto Capriotti" Fish Museum, the Amphora Museum, the Marche Marine Civilization Museum, the Truentinum Antiquarium and the Sea Picture Gallery.

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