Bandiera Blu
Bandiera Blu in Emilia-Romagna
4 towns
Emilia-Romagna holds 4 Bandiera Blu sites inside our catalogue. They cluster in the Ravenna, Ferrara, and Forlì-Cesena provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Ravenna, Cervia, and Cesenatico. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Ravenna
Province: Ravenna · 4 m
A 4-meter coastal capital of three successive empires, with eight UNESCO mosaic monuments from the fifth and sixth centuries.
Cervia
Province: Ravenna · 2 m
The Adriatic salt town with 827 hectares of working saline, planned in 1697 around a grid of salt workers' houses.
Cesenatico
Province: Forlì-Cesena · 3 m
An Adriatic fishing port whose canal was redrawn by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502, with ten historic sailboats moored as a floating museum.
Comacchio
Province: Ferrara
A canal town on thirteen islets at the edge of the Po Delta, with brackish lagoons that hold three hundred bird species.
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