Cesena: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 60 - 110 Meeting Hotel
 The Meeting Hotel is a small and peaceful hotel just outside Cesena city centre and close to motorways A14 and E45. It features free Wi-Fi and parking… MoreEUR 60 - 82 Mondo Antico Town House Suite
 Mondo Antico Town House Suite is in Cesena´s historic centre and offers rooms with flat-screen TVs, satellite channels and a DVD player. Free Wi… MoreEUR 68 - 169 Mosaico Suite Cesena
 Mosaico Suite Cesena offers modern, self-catering accommodation, with free Wi-Fi access. The historic centre of Cesena is just 2 km away and there is … MoreEUR 56 - 130 Unaway Cesena Nord
 Unaway Cesena Nord is 200 metres from the Cesena Nord exit of the A14 Motorway, a 2-minute drive from the fair. It offers free parking, and rooms with… MoreEUR 90 - 200 Locanda Del Castello
 Just off the famous Via Emilia, a scenic route passing through every town of the Romagna region, this historic estate has been recently renovated to i… MoreEUR 60 - 90 Hotel Romagna
 Hotel Romagna offers bright, modern accommodation situated at the entrance to Cesena historic centre. Enjoy free Wi-Fi internet access in your room at… MoreEUR 59 - 145 Best Western Cesena Hotel
 The Best Western Hotel Cesena is located 2 km from the town centre. It offers free drinks from the minibar, free Wi-Fi and free parking in the garage.… MoreEUR 55 - 230 Hotel Alexander
 Hotel Alexander offers free parking and is located in the elegant Karl Marx Square, just 100 metres from Cesena Train Station. Rooms are soundproofed … MoreEUR 66 - 214 Hotel Casali
 Located 5 minutes´ walk from Cesena´s centre and train station, Hotel Casali offers rooms with free Wi-Fi and free minibar. The buffet bre… MoreEUR 69 - 99 B&B Il Gambero di Romagna
 Located in Cesena, B&B Il Gambero di Romagna offers air-conditioned suites with 42-inch flat-screen TVs. It is 50 metres from a bus stop linking with … More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cesena: Guide
Cesena (ancient Caesena) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.
History
Cesena was originally an Umbrian or Etruscan town. After a brief spell under Gaul|Gaulish rule, it was taken over by Roman Republic|Romans in the 3rd century BC. It was a garrison town of strategic importance which was destroyed in the wars between Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla|Sulla. Pliny the Elder|Pliny mentions the wines of Cesena as among the best.
Cesena was on the border that the Exarchate of Ravenna shared with the Lombards. It was presented to the Papacy by its Frankish conqueror in 754 and passed back and forth between the popes and the archbishops of Ravenna, was briefly a communal republic 1183 - 1198 and was long contested between popes and Holy Roman Emperors a fief held sometimes by the House of Malatesta|Malatesta, sometimes directly held by the papacy, not without resistance.
The brief rule by the Forlivese Ordelaffi was crushed in 1357 by the Papal States|Papal troops led by Cardinal Gil de Albornoz: the heroic defense of the town by Cia degli Ordelaffi, wife of the Lord of Forlì, against besieging Papal troops was ultimately unsuccessful.
The little Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto (the English-born condottiere John Hawkwood) under the command of Antipope Clement VII|Robert, Cardinal of Geneva, (later antipope Clement VII): the latter, acting as the papal legate|legate of Pope Gregory XI, directed the savage murder of thousands of civilians, an atrocity by the rules of war at the time that earned the label the "Cesena Bloodbath" and the cardinal the "butcher of Cesena". The following year what remained of Cesena was assigned by the new pope Pope Urban VI|Urban VI to Galeotto I Malatesta.
During the period 1379-1465 the city recovered and prospered under the Malatesta, who rebuilt the castle (called Rocca Malatestiana) overlooking the town. The Malatestiana Library, built by near the castle by Malatesta Novello (1429), is considered a fine example of a Renaissance library and holds many valuable manuscripts.
After Novello's death (1465), Cesena returned to direct Papal control, but was again seized by a local seignor, Cesare Borgia, in 1500. The city was elevated to capital of his powerful though short-lived duchy.
Cesean subsequently turned into a secondary city of the Papal States. In the 18th century|18th and 19th century|19th centuries Cesena gave births to two popes, Pope Pius VI and Pope Pius VII, and once had Pope Pius VIII as bishop, gaining the "city of the three popes" title. During the Napoleonic Wars it was stripped of numerous monasteries and churches. Some of its citizens had notable roles in the unification of Italy, in second half of the 19th century.
During World War II Cesena was near the Gothic Line, which passed on the Appennini near the city, and suffered heavily for bombings.
In 1992 it was elevated to the rank of co-capital of province, together with Forlì.
Main sights
Cesena's monuments include:
the Rocca Malatestiana (castle), built by Cardinal Albornoz (from 1380) over a pre-existing edifice which had hosted, among the others, Frederick Barbarossa and his nephew Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II. It was completed by the Papal governor Lorenzo Zane in 1480, and was used by Cesare Borgia as jail for Caterina Sforza. It has octagonal plant, with two main towers, the higher maschio and the lower foemina
the Biblioteca Malatestiana, the first public library in Italy.
the Gothic Cathedral (completed around 1500).
Economy
Cesena's industry centers on agriculture, handicrafts, and tourism.
Bounding communes
Mercato Saraceno
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