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Cesena

All you need to know about Cesena: the numbers to keep at hand, a few curiosities and what there is to see and do.

95,778inhabitants
44metres above sea level
249.5km² of land

Useful numbers in Cesena

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  • Emergencies

    112

    One number for every emergency: police, fire brigade and ambulance. Free, works with no credit, and they also answer in English.

    The old numbers 113 (police), 115 (fire brigade) and 118 (ambulance) still work: they all reach the same 112 centre.

  • Out-of-hours doctor

    800 118 009

    For minor health problems when GPs are closed: at night, at weekends and on public holidays. Run by AUSL Romagna.

    Places and hours

  • Health and emergencies in Cesena

    Emergency room, CAU, out-of-hours doctor, doctor for tourists, Red Cross: what to do if you fall ill, explained for visitors from abroad.

    Health and emergencies

  • Emergency room

    • Ospedale Maurizio Bufaliniin town

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    • Ospedale di Cesenatico14.6 km as the crow flies · Cesenatico

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  • Town hall of Cesena

    0547 356111 Switchboard

    Piazza Del Popolo, 10

    Mayor: Enzo Lattuca

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  • Postcode and dialling code

    Dialling code 0547

    From a foreign mobile: +39 and then the whole number, 0 included.

  • Post offices 3

    • Ufficio postale centrale

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    • Poste Italiane

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    • Poste ItalianeVia Ceriana 55

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  • Police stations 6

    • Compagnia Carabinieri CesenaCarabinieri · Via Samuele Andreucci 50

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    • CarabinieriCarabinieri

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    • Commissariato di CesenaState police

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    • C.A.P.S.State police · Viale Quattro Novembre 303

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    • Comando Polizia Locale CesenaLocal police

      0547 354811Map

    • Compagnia Guardia di FinanzaFinancial police

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  • Pharmacies 8

    The pharmacies open at night and on holidays are listed on the door of every pharmacy.

    and 2 more
    • Farmacia DiegaroVia Emilia Ponente 1667

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    • Farmacia Dei Servizi

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  • Vets

    For a pet that falls ill on holiday. Call before you go.

    None in this town: the nearest one is in a neighbouring town.

Cesena in numbers

Official open data: the source is under every number.

95,778inhabitantsISTAT
249.5km² of landWikidata
384people per km²our calculation
44metres above sea levelWikidata
66,347cars owned by residentsACI, 2025
693cars per 1,000 peopleACI, 2025
17,033motorbikesACI, 2025
97,509vehicles in all, lorries includedACI, 2025
1,620named streets and squaresOpenStreetMap
63.1km of cycle lanesOpenStreetMap
14places to stayOpenStreetMap
102places to eat and drinkOpenStreetMap
49petrol stationsOpenStreetMap
9EV charging pointsOpenStreetMap
39playgroundsOpenStreetMap
48schoolsOpenStreetMap
64churches and places of worshipOpenStreetMap

The locals are called cesenati in Italian.

Patron saint: John the Baptist.

Twinned with: Vienne.

Born in Cesena

  • Pius VIIhead of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823 (1742–1823) · 1742

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  • Pius VIPope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799 · 1717

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  • Marco PantaniItalian road racing cyclist (1970–2004) · 1970

    Wikipedia

  • Adone ZoliItalian politician (1887-1960) · 1887

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  • Azeglio ViciniItalian association football player and manager (1933-2018) · 1933

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  • Mattia ZaccagniItalian association football player · 1995

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Cesena on Wikipedia

What to see and do in Cesena

First our own hand-written cards, then what OpenStreetMap knows on top.

Monuments and places 28

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  • Caduti di RontaMemorial

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  • Caduti per la Libertà di GattolinoMemorial

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  • Cippo ad Agapito LatiniMonument

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  • Cippo a Torello LatiniMonument

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  • Elmo SimonciniMemorial

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  • Federico ComandiniMemorial

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  • Fontana MasiniAttraction

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  • Giovanni ed Enrico CollinaMemorial

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  • Giuseppe GaribaldiMemorial

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  • Giuseppe MazziniMemorial

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  • Lapide ai Caduti di BagnileMemorial

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  • Lapide ai Caduti di MaceroneMemorial

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  • Mario GuidazziMemorial

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  • Martiri della LibertàMemorial

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  • Monumento ai CadutiMonument

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  • Monumento ai Caduti di BagnileMonument

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  • Monumento ai Caduti di RontaMemorial

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  • Monumento ai Caduti di San VittoreMemorial

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  • Monumento ai caduti di tutte le guerreMemorial

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  • Monumento ai Martiri di Ponte RuffioMonument

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  • Monumento all'eccidio di MartoranoMonument

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  • Monumento alla ResistenzaMemorial

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  • Parco archeologico del Colle GarampoArchaeological site

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  • Partigiani di San GiorgioMemorial

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  • Porta MontanaraCity gate

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  • Pozzo ruraleMonument

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  • Urbano Venanzio FusconiMemorial

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Museums and exhibitions 15

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  • Biblioteca Malatestiana

    Cesena

    The library founded by Malatesta Novello and opened in 1454: the old reading room, with the manuscripts still chained to the wooden desks, is the first civic library in Europe and is on the UNESCO Memory of the World register.

    Public Paid entry Library UNESCO

    Our page about the place Open on the map

  • Museo Archeologico di Cesena

    Cesena · via Montalti 6

    On the ground floor of the Malatestiana Library building: finds from the Cesena area from prehistory to Roman times and the Renaissance.

    Public Archaeology

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  • Pinacoteca Comunale di Cesena

    Cesena · via Aldini 26, ex convento di San Biagio

    In the former convent of San Biagio, the old, modern and contemporary art of Cesena's civic collections.

    Public Art Modern and contemporary art

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  • Galleria dei Dipinti Antichi della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena

    Cesena · corso Garibaldi 18

    The painting collection of the Foundation and of the old savings bank, mostly from the schools of Emilia and Romagna, from the Renaissance to the 18th century.

    Private Art

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  • Casa Museo Renato Serra

    Cesena · viale Carducci 29

    The birthplace of the critic and writer Renato Serra, killed in the war in 1915: the library, the study and the rooms as he left them.

    Public Literature

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  • Museo Diocesano e della Cattedrale

    Cesena · cappella di San Tobia, corso Mazzini

    In the chapel of San Tobia, from 1528, on the side of the cathedral: paintings, sculptures, goldsmiths' work and vestments of the diocese of Cesena and Sarsina.

    Church Sacred art Art

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  • Museo dell'Ecologia

    Cesena · piazza Zangheri 6

    In the Loggetta Veneziana and the Rocchetta di Piazza, the wildlife of the Savio valley from the sea to the ridge, shown by habitat.

    Public Nature For young people

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  • Museo della Centuriazione

    San Giorgio (Cesena) · via Fratelli Latini 24

    How the Romans divided the countryside into a grid of roads and square fields, the centuriation that can still be read today in the landscape between Cesena and the sea.

    Public Archaeology Rural life

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  • Musicalia, Museo della Musica Meccanica

    Cesena · Villa Silvia Carducci, via Lizzano 1241

    In the rooms of Villa Silvia, where Carducci stayed, five centuries of instruments that play by themselves: music boxes, barrel organs, player pianos and the great Gavioli fair organ, all working.

    Private Music For young people

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  • Luogo d'incontro. Daniela Fernanda Tumedei

    5 September - 18 October

    Cesena · Galleria comunale del Ridotto

    A solo show by Daniela Fernanda Tumedei conceived for the rooms of the Ridotto and devoted entirely to the city of Cesena.

    Last days

    The exhibition page

  • Facoltà di Architettura, spazio espositivoMuseum

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  • Galleria d'arte moderna ex PescheriaMuseum · Via Pescheria 23

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  • Museo degli Strumenti Musicali MeccaniciMuseum · Via Lizzano 1241

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  • Museo del teatro di CesenaMuseum

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Castles and fortresses 2

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  • Rocca Malatestiana, CesenaPhoto: Otello Amaducci, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Rocca Malatestiana di Cesena

    Cesena

    On the Garampo hill, above the town centre: one of the largest fortresses in Romagna, with walkways on the walls and the two inner towers called Maschio and Femmina. Guided tours by day and in the evening, concerts in summer.

    Public Guided tours Concerts and shows Weddings and events

    Official site

  • Quel Castello di Diegaro

    Cesena

    A historic inn on the first hills of Cesena: restaurant and pizzeria, suites for the night, frescoed rooms, a park and a terrace for weddings, ceremonies and business events.

    Private Weddings and events Restaurant Rooms

    Official site

Churches 40

  • Abbazia di Santa Maria del MontePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa Cattedrale di CesenaPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa dei Frati CappucciniPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa dell'OsservanzaPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di BagnilePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di CalabrinaPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di GattolinoPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di RoversanoPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San BartoloPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San Biagio Vescovo e Martire in BulgariaPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San CarloPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San DemetrioPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San GiorgioPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San Martino in FiumePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San PietroPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San Pio XPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Sant'AgostinoPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Sant'Andrea in BagnoloPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Sant'EgidioPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in MonterealePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Santa Maria NascentePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di San VittorePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di TipanoPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Torre del MoroPlace of worship

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  • Chiesa di Villa ChiavichePlace of worship

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  • Chiesa Santuario del SuffragioPlace of worship

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  • Madonna del FuocoPlace of worship

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  • Pieve della Natività di Maria in RontaPlace of worship

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  • Pieve di San Mauro in VallePlace of worship

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  • San DomenicoPlace of worship

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  • San Giovanni BonoPlace of worship

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  • San Giuseppe in BorgoPlace of worship

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  • Sant'Anna e San GioacchinoPlace of worship

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  • Santa CristinaPlace of worship

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  • Santa Maria della SperanzaPlace of worship

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  • Santa Maria Immacolata in Case FinaliPlace of worship

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  • San TommasoPlace of worship

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  • Santuario dei Missionari del Preziosissimo SanguePlace of worship

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  • Santuario del Sacro Cuore di GesùPlace of worship

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  • San ZenonePlace of worship

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Theatres, cinemas and libraries 7

  • Biblioteca GhirottiLibrary

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  • Biblioteca MalatestianaLibrary · Piazza Maurizio Bufalini 1

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  • Cinema AstraCinema

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  • Cinema Eliseo MultisalaCinema

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  • Circolo ACLI BulgariaArts centre

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  • Teatro Alessandro BonciTheatre

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  • Teatro Verdi (discoteca)Theatre

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Parks and gardens 52

  • EdenPark

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  • Giardino "I Ragazzi del '99"Park

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  • Giardino "I ragazzi e le ragazze di Utøya"Park

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  • Giardino 11 settembre 2001Park

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  • Giardino 20 Ottobre 1944Park

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  • Giardino Antonino CaponnettoPark

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  • Giardino Caduti di Tutte le GuerrePark

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  • Giardino Caduti Forze di PoliziaPark

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  • Giardino Carlo DoglioPark

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  • Giardino dei CiliegiPark

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  • Giardino del MolinaccioPark

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  • Giardino di SerravallePark

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  • Giardino Ernesto "Che" GuevaraPark

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  • Giardino Giannetto MalmerendiPark

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  • Giardino Giovanni PalatucciPark

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  • Giardino Giuseppe di MatteoPark

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  • Giardino Giuseppe PalmasPark

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  • Giardino Guido BoschiPark

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  • Giardino Pietro MaganzaPark

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  • Giardino PubblicoPark

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  • Giardino San RoccoPark

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  • Giardino Ubaldo CiccaresePark

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  • Giardino Vincenzo MuccioliPark

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  • Giardino Vittime Civili di GuerraPark

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  • Giardino Vittime della StradaPark

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  • Giardino Vittime delle FoibePark

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  • Giardino Volontari del KosovoPark

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  • NovelloPark

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  • Parco Alexander LangerPark

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  • Parco AmadoriPark

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  • Parco CesuolaPark

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  • Parco CesuolaPark

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  • Parco della Casa RossaPark

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  • Parco della RimembranzaPark

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  • Parco della RimembranzaPark

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  • Parco Fornace MarzocchiPark

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  • Parco IppodromoPark

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  • Parco Iqbal MasihPark

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  • Parco Martin LuteroPark

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  • Parco Mauro BeniniPark

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  • Parco Nkosi JohnsonPark

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  • Parco Nkosi JohnsonPark

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  • Parco Nkosi JohnsonPark

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  • Parco Nkosi JohnsonPark

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  • Parco per CristinaPark

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  • Parco per FabioPark

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  • Parco Pietro 40Park

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  • Parco Via Ilario TabarriPark

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  • Parco Via JesiPark · Via Jesi, Gambettola

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  • Parco Via UrbinoPark

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  • Parco Via VencigliePark · Via Venciglie

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  • Piazza del LibroPark

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Clubs and dance halls 1

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  • Vidia ClubClub · San Vittore

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Rentals and bike sharing 5

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  • eBikeStyle

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  • Bike sharing stationBicincittà

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  • MiMuovoBike rental

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  • Parcheggio MattarellaBike rental

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  • Piazzale della Stazione ferroviariaBike rental · http://www.comune.cesena.fc.it/flex/cmhttp://www.comune.cesena.fc.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/10373/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/10373

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Tour guides 3

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  • AmaParco, centri visita del Parco e IDRO RidracoliThe network that runs the visitor centres of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park on the Romagna side (Santa Sofia, Premilcuore, Tredozio) and IDRO, the ecomuseum of the Ridracoli dam: hikes, visits inside the dam and e-bike tours.

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  • Cooperativa In QuieteA cooperative of nature and hiking guides from Pratovecchio Stia, recommended by the park: treks in the Casentino forests, autumn colours, the red deer rut, wolf howling and walks in the villages.

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  • OROSA cooperative from Badia Prataglia that works with the park: hikes in the forests, evenings at the park's planetarium in Stia and visits to the villages of the Casentino.

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Bookshops 1

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  • Società Editrice Il Ponte VecchioVia Caprera 32

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Tourist offices 2

  • I.A.T. - Ufficio Informazioni e Accoglienza TuristicaTourist information office

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  • IAT - Ufficio Turistico CesenaTourist information office · Piazza del Popolo 9

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Luggage storage 1

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  • Edicola della stazione di CesenaAt the station · Stazione di Cesena, Piazza Giorgio Sanguinetti

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Stay and eat in Cesena

The full lists, with the website and the map of every place.

Where to stay in CesenaForlì, Cesena and Cesenatico14 places to stayWhere to eat in CesenaForlì, Cesena and Cesenatico102 places to eat

Upcoming events in Cesena

Every event in the area

Getting to Cesena

A driver meets you on arrival and takes you to your hotel, the fair or the concert. Fixed price, book online.

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Other towns in the area

Sources: population ISTAT; phone, address and mayor from the Italian public administration index; vehicles ACI; businesses ISTAT; saints, twin towns and people Wikidata; places and services OpenStreetMap. Found a mistake? The right number is always the one on the official site. Lists from OpenStreetMap, read on 3 October 2026.