FIORENZUOLA DI FOCARA

Proceeding along the Panoramica road, whose gentle bends follow the soft swirls of the hill and the coastline that juts out into the Adriatic Sea, in a splendid environmental context protected by the Colle San Bartolo Regional Natural Park, you pass the picturesque Devil's Peak jutting out over the empty and you soon reach Fiorenzuola di Focara, the ancient Castrum Florentii which, the subject of bitter disputes between the Church of Ravenna and that of Pesaro, ended up passing definitively, in the 13th century, to the Municipality of Pesaro.



Of the castle, which has been ruined several times by earthquakes, only the access door, part of the walls, the bell tower and the ruins of the Church of Sant'Andrea (the bell tower and the rectory) remain.

After passing the door, on which a plaque recalls Dante's verses (Inferno XXVIII) relating to an event that took place in the sea in front, the narrow streets of the village run through concentric semicircles that lead to the void of the cliff and then climb towards the old church.

Of the ancient medieval houses, many have survived to the present day, but just as many have been swallowed up by the sea, which continues to erode the cliff below.



The village, originally called only Fiorenzuola, took on the name of Focara in 1889, a toponym perhaps due to the fires that were lit to help sailors identify the position of the promontory, known for headwinds since ancient times, or for the presence of kilns in which bricks and terracotta were cooked.

Rubber dinghies leave from Spiaggia 49 in Riccione and take you directly to the beach of Fiorenzuola di Focara for a beautiful trip to the open sea.