Porto San Giorgio

Porto San Giorgio
Porto San Giorgio
Comune
	Comune di Porto San Giorgio
	Porto San Giorgio plaza
	Coat of arms
	Comune location in the Province of Fermo
	Location of Porto San Giorgio
	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 [1]
• Total	8.58 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	15,692
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Demonym	Sangiorgesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	63822
Dialing code	0734
Patron saint	St. George
Saint day	23 April
Website	Official website

Porto San Giorgio is a comune (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 15,700 inhabitants (2021) and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.

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.

"Alba a Porto San Giorgio", by Savino Marè

In 2013 the promenade of Porto San Giorgio was immortalized by photographer Savino Marè. The photo, entitled "Alba a Porto San Giorgio", helped make the City and the entire region famous at the tourist level, receiving the award at the International Tourism Exchange in Milan.[4][5]

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.[6]

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
Giampiero Simoni, racing driver, was born here in 1969

Twin towns

References

"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
L'Universo (in Italian). Istituto geografico militare. 1980. p. 293.
"PREMI". Savino Marè (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
"Dal sindaco targa a Savino Marè". Savino Marè (in Italian). 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
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.

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v9-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v9-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[3] L'Universo (in Italian). Istituto geografico militare. 1980. p. 293.

[4] "PREMI". Savino Marè (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[5] "Dal sindaco targa a Savino Marè". Savino Marè (in Italian). 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[6] 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.