Comune di San Remo
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Liguria
Province	Imperia (IM)
Mayor	Claudio Borea
Elevation	15 m
Area	54 km²
Population
- Total (as of 2004)	56,903
- Density	936/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°49′N, 7°47′E
Gentilic	Sanremesi or Sanremaschi
Dialing code	0184
Postal code	18038
Frazioni	San Romolo, Poggio, Bussana, Bussana Vecchia, Coldirodi, Verezzo, San Bartolomeo, Gozzo Superiore, Gozzo Inferiore, Verezzo San Donato, Verezzo Sant'Antonio, San Giacomo, San Giovanni, Borello
Patron	Saint Romolo
- Day	October 13
Website: comunedisanremo.it

San Remo 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]. Image File history File links Sanremo-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Imperia (It. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... The Saint at San Romolo church (in San Romolo district of Sanremo) Saint Romulus of Genoa (Italian:Romolo, ligurian dialect:Rœmu[1]) was a bishop of Genoa, successor to Syrus. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Liguria and the Italian Riviera Portofino’s small harbour on the Italian Riviera The Italian Rivera ( ) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. ... San Remo Music Festival (Festival della canzone italiana), running since 1951, is an Italian popular song contest held annually (first part of March) in San Remo. ... Five-card stud is the earliest form of the card game, stud poker, originating during the American Civil War,[1] but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games - clear from its absence from the World Series of Poker. ...

Location of San Remo in Italy.

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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 eangelized, 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 ancien maps of Liguria, of ancien 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 bigan existing. This form of the name is still used on road signs, in lots of public certificates and tourist information. Phonetic (pho-NET-ic) is a nationwide voicemail-to-text messaging service available for most digital mobile phones in which a subscriber is provided a custom voice mailbox for the purpose of receiving all incoming voice messages as actual transcribed text for reading via short messaging (also known as SMS... The Saint at San Romolo church (in San Romolo district of Sanremo) Saint Romulus of Genoa (Italian:Romolo, ligurian dialect:RÅ“mu[1]) was a bishop of Genoa. ... Ligurian is a Romance language, consisting of a group of Gallo-Italic dialects currently spoken in Liguria, northern Italy, and parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, and Monaco. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

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. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... In older Western historical literature, the Saracens were the people of the Saracen Empire, another name for the Arab Caliphate under the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. ...

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 Basilica of San Siro, the Cathedral. The old village remains almost perfectly preserved to this very day. Events 8 January - Monaco gains independence. ...

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. Image File history File links Sanremo0002. ... Image File history File links Sanremo0002. ... Genoa (Genova [] in Italian - Zena [] in Genoese) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

After the French domination and the Savoy restoration (1814), San Remo was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Flag of Savoy This article is about the historical region of Savoy. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont with Savoy, Nice, and Sardinia in the inset. ...

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. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Marie of Hesse Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and the Rhine (8 August 1824-8 June 1880) was a princess of Grand Ducal Hesse and, as Marie Alexandrovna, Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with...

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. Image File history File links Sanremo005. ... Image File history File links Sanremo005. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Maritime Alps The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. ... Liguria and the Italian Riviera Portofino’s small harbour on the Italian Riviera The Italian Rivera ( ) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. ...

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. Image File history File links Sanremo007. ... Image File history File links Sanremo007. ... Genoa (Genova [] in Italian - Zena [] in Genoese) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... The campanile of the cathedral rises above Ventimiglia. ... The Autostrada is the Italian National system of motorways. ... Map The Autoroute system in France consists largely of toll roads, except around large cities. ... Menton (Occitan: Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm; Italian: Mentone) is a town and commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département of the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur région of France. ... European route E80 is a road part of the International E-road network. ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ...

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. Côte dAzur International Airport (French: ) (IATA: NCE, ICAO: LFMN) is an airport in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... “Torino” redirects here. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5...

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. Taggia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 110 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Imperia. ... Bypass routes are a type of bannered highway usually used when the main route of the highway goes through a town and an alternate route of the same highway goes around the highway. ... Via Aurelia was the Roman road which passed out of ancient Rome through the Porta Aurelia in the Aurelian Walls and ran to the coast a little southeast of modern Palidoro and then followed a coastal route north to Vada Volaterrana. ...

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. Extra Virgin was the first (1996) release for British electronic trio Olive. ... Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. ... Protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) are geographical indications defined in European Union Law to protect regional foods. ... Denominazione di origine controllata is an Italian quality assurance label for food products and especially wines (an appellation). ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Imperia may be: Imperia is an italian city Province of Imperia, the italian province of the above city of Imperia Imperia (statue), a statue in Constance, Germany Imperia constructor, a Belgian car constructor This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Bordighera is a town on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Imperia, Liguria. ... Country Italy Region Liguria Province Province of Imperia (IM) Mayor Elevation m Area 5. ...

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. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1704 × 2272 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1704 × 2272 pixel, file size: 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... San Remo Music Festival (Festival della canzone italiana), running since 1951, is an Italian popular song contest held annually (first part of March) in San Remo. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Domenico Modugno (January 9, 1928 - Lampedusa August 6, 1994) was a twice Grammy Award-winning Italian singer, songwriter, and later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luigi Tenco (Cassine, Alessandria, March 21, 1938 - San Remo, Imperia, January 27, 1967) was a popular italian singer, songwriter and actor. ...

Sport events

The San Remo Car Rally Race that used to be part of the FIA World Rally Championship, (a pure tarmac rally, takes place around the mountains), takes place in the fall (end of September). 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. Petter Solberg driving on gravel at the 2006 Cyprus Rally, a World Rally Championship event. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ... The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ... Milan - San Remo, nicknamed la primavera, is an annual cycling race between Milan and San Remo. ... The UCI ProTour logo The UCI ProTour is a competition under the International Cycling Union (UCI). ... The Classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. ...

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Culinary specialities

Some of the great snacks available in San Remo and environs include Sardenara, Focaccia, Focaccia alle Cipolle, Torta Verde and Farinata. Sardenara or Sardenaira is a classic snack from West Liguria similar to a pizza, baked in very large rectangular baking trays and generally bought from a bakery in small rectangular cut pieces. ...

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.

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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. The San Remo conference (19-26 April 1920, San Remo, Italy) 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. ... Flag The approximate borders of the British Mandate circa 1922. ...

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 Cathedral