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Really fascinating history of the fishing port of Cesenatico. Beautifully displayed with English translations. Superb exhibits in the museum and boats on the canal outside. Cheap to visit and positively encouraged to touch the exhibits. Great for children and with excellent helpful staff.…
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Date of experience: July 2018
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It is such a charming sight: a collection of colorful old sailing ships anchored along a section of a canal. (They are all replicas, of course.) Information on each ship is displayed on tables. It is best to visit when the weather is good, as the sails are lowered in wind. I did not visit the interior part of the museum, perhaps next time...…
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Date of experience: August 2017
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Usually when you think about museums you think of displays in dusty old glass showcases. Not here! This museum is another good example of museums in Italy, so well presented and well done, even if in a small town. The descriptions are in Italian and English languages. The history of Cesenatico's seafaring and fishing life is all beautifully displayed .... from the fishermen, their work, their wives and families, the boats, how they were built, materials used, also how Cesenatico switched in the 1960's from mainly being a fishing town to tourism/beach summer resort + fishing. The museum is divided into "floating" and "on land". The floating part are the historic boats in the canal outside the museum; one of the transport boats (trabocco) can be visited in the evenings with the same entry ticket purchased for the land museum of 2 Euro. There is also a good bookshop and souvenir point. By the way, Leonardo da Vinci was involved in the review of the canals called for by the Borgia family, as the canals were filling with sand causing problems of over-flooding. So they decided to appoint the top engineer being Leonardo to re-design the canals and solve the problems.…
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Date of experience: June 2017
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They open the gates for a party.First time i been there.Very nice to see old yatch sailing boats and small fishermen boats.I will visit one more time.
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Date of experience: May 2017
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