Porto San Giorgio
Porto San Giorgio is a comune (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 16,000 inhabitants and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Porto San Giorgio | |
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| Comune di Porto San Giorgio | |
 Porto San Giorgio plaza | |
 Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Comune location in the Province of Fermo | |
Location of Porto San Giorgio 
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  Porto San Giorgio Location of Porto San Giorgio in Italy  Porto San Giorgio Porto San Giorgio (Marche) | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′N 13°48′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Fermo (FM) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nicola Loira (PD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 16,066 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Sangiorgesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63822 |
| Dialing code | 0734 |
| Patron saint | St. George |
| Saint day | April 23) |
| Website | Official website |
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),[3] 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.
Railways
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.[4]
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.
People
- Silvia Ballestra, writer, was born here in 1969
Twin towns
Gessopalena, Italy
Biograd na Moru, Croatia
Birżebbuġa, Malta
References
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- "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- L'Universo (in Italian). Istituto geografico militare. 1980. p. 293.
- Atti del XXXVIII Convegno di studi maceratesi, Abbadia di Fiastra, Tolentino, 23-24 Novembre 2002 (in Italian). Centro di studi storici maceratesi. 2004. p. 138.