That's what the people of Cesena called the port they had built back in the 14th century: Cesenatico. It is located just under 20 km northwest of Rimini.
Cesenatico: Leonardo's Canal
In the northern part of town, you can still find the old harbor, which looks very picturesque with its many colorful fishing boats and sailboats. In reality, it is a canal designed by Leonardo da Vinci, who wisely incorporated two bends into its layout.
As a result, it has silted up far less than other harbors along this coast.
The die is cast.
Even Caesar...
An unassuming stream flows through the southern part of the town. It is not only Asterix readers who know it: the Rubicon.
It owes its historical fame to Julius Caesar, who crossed it in 49 B.C. with the famous words "alea iacta est" - the die is cast - in order to pull the wool over the eyes of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus back home in Rome.
A section of Piri Reis's maps showing the cities of Ravenna and Cesena.
The fact that Ravenna and Cesena were already significant settlements around 1500 is evidenced by their inclusion on the remarkable maps of the Turkish admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. According to these maps, the lagoon shown is the area that is now used as salt pans for the production of sea salt.
