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  Comacchio
Comacchio is a town in the province of Ferrara in the Romagna, Italy, situated on islands near the mouths of the Po, and connected with the sea by a canal built by Cardinal Palotta.
In the seventh century Gregory, the youthful son of Isaac, Exarch of Ravenna, died at Comacchio in a monastery dedicated to St. Maurus, as is recorded in a Greek inscription.
In the vicinity of Comacchio is the ancient shrine of Santa Maria in Aula Regia, approached by a long portico of 142 arches, built in 1647 by the papal legate, Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Dongo.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/comacchio.html   (312 words)

  
 Comacchio - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
COMACCHIO, a town of Emilia, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, 30 m.
Comacchio appears as a city in the 6th century, and, owing to its position in the centre of the lagoons, was an important fortress.
It was included in the "donation of Pippin"; it was taken by the Venetians in 854, but afterwards came under the government of the archbishops of Ravenna; in 129 9 it came under the dominion of the house of Este.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Comacchio
In 708 a certain Vincentius is mentioned as Bishop of Comacchio.
At the death of Alfonso in 1597, Comacchio, with the rest of the Duchy of Ferrara passed under the control of the Holy See.
The famous Benedictine Abbey of Pomposa is in the Diocese of Comacchio.
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 Comacchio, Italy. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
The region's main centre, COMACCHIO is a small fishing town intersected by a network of canals, with a famous local attraction in its triple-bridge or Trepponti, built in 1634, which crosses three of the canals.
Comacchio is an eel-port, and the time to visit is autumn, when wriggling masses of the creatures are fished out of the canals on their way to the Sargasso Sea.
Incidentally, Comacchio's harbour is named Porto Garibaldi, after the Risorgimento hero who was left on the shore with his wife, Anita, and their companion Leggero, as the last Garibaldini were captured off the coast by the Austrian navy.
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 Parco del Delta del Po - Points of Interest - Valli di Comacchio e Zone Umide di Ravenna
They're included among the historic centre of Comacchio and the reclaimed territories of the Valleys Valli Pega, Rillo and Zavelea on the North, and the River Reno on the South, and among the reclaim of the Mezzano on the West, and the State Road Romea on the East.
The salt production in Comacchio started during the raising of the Etruscan civilisation and it finished in the beginning of the '80 years because it was considered not remunerative.
The habitat of the Comacchio Valleys forms a very strong call for birds: there are quite all the ornithologic species assessed in the humid zone of the High Adriatic.
www.parks.it /parco.delta.po.er/punti/EPRDPvall.html   (665 words)

  
 The Comacchio wreck
The Roman ship of Comacchio was discovered on the city outskirts near the initial section of the Water Collection Canal, the principal drainage channel of the Valle Ponti basin which was reclaimed between 1919 and 1922.
The first clues of the vessel’s presence were revealed in the fall of 1980 (signalled by the Comacchio Archaeological Group) when, during dredging operations in the canal, several timber fragments -- later identified as belonging to a vessel -- came to the surface.
The entire upper portion of the wreck was brought to light and the cargo recovered during an extensive excavation season in the summer of 1981.
www2.rgzm.de /Navis/Ships/Ship050/TheComacchioWreck.htm   (1403 words)

  
 Sito ufficiale delle Valli di Comacchio
Comacchio and its Valleys represent the "heart" of Delta, they really are Adriatic Coast's green lung, from Chioggia to Cattolica.
Comacchio Valleys are a real museum and respresent one of the most important lagoon complex existing all around the Italy and Europe.
Comacchio Valleys have been originated around X century, when they extended for a 73.000 ha surface, because of the soil's lowering (subsidence) and the coast's marshing.
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 Camping Bungalow Park Tahiti-Comacchio: The Lagoons
Comacchio Lagoons represent one of the most important lagoon complex in Italy.
They stand on more than 11,000 hectares and take in the province of Ferrara and part of the province of Ravenna, between Comacchio and the River Reno, and they are linked to the sea thanks to the canals of Magnavacca, Logonovo and Gobbino.
The lagoon water has a high salt content, therefore representing an important biotype of humid zone and salty water, where vegetation is mostly constituted of halophytes: it was declared an area of international interest according to the convention of RAMSAR in 1971.
www.campingtahiti.com /cms_published_2/Comacchio2_EN.html   (252 words)

  
 Parco del Delta del Po - Points of Interest - Comacchio
The city of Comacchio is the most original and fascinating historical center of the Delta Po.
It rose in the beginning of the Medievale Era on a small island chain that progressively advancement of the Padana mouth built in the valleys and since that time exclusively based on the water the proper urban and economic expansion.
Disagreement between Ravenna and Ferrara, Comacchio after a brief period of being a commune became part of the Estes.Then became part of the Pontifical State that in the 1600's was the climax of its urban renaissance.
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 La Bottega di Comacchio
In fact this delight, whose I mix is that of the classical bun and the form it is that of a mouse, it is now tasted the whole year.
And the Shop of Comacchio, in the time, it has he knows to valorize that that is the typical and the oneness of the gastronomy Comacchiese, also giving a pinch of innovation that is already classical, as the sandwich to the eel, the sought after goodness from the tourists.
Marcetta whose author is Joseph Belts You Shop of Comacchio has always been in first line for the rediscovery and defense of the typical products been born by the territory and you has deposited mark of it and model.
www.prodottidelparcodeldeltadelpo.it /rassegnaeng.html   (1083 words)

  
 Comacchio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comacchio is a town of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, 48 km by road from the town of Ferrara, in the centre of the lagoon of Valli di Comacchio, just north of the present mouth of the Reno.
Comacchio enjoyed prosperity under the Goths and the Lombards, and became the seat of a duchy.
In 854 Comacchio was sacked by the Venetians, who destroyed it in 946.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comacchio   (343 words)

  
 La Bottega di Comacchio
Located in the heart of Po Delta Park, Comacchio offer to your visitors a very large jewels of arts and architectures and all the magic light of lagoon.
Comacchio is the pearl of Po Delta Park.
Only after the second world war, the growth of Comacchio have had the most important results upon the fishing and the other economical sectors.
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 Campingplatz Bungalow Florenz.ADRIA urlaub-Ferienwohnungen Comacchio-Lido Scacchi-Ferrara-Emilia Romagna-ADRIA,park ...
The exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the campaign medal presentation to Comacchio municipality for Resistance fighting during the II World War.
Visitors will get to know the enchanting setting of the Po Delta with its rich fauna and flore, and will be able to take part in conferences, meetings, seminars; they will also have the opportunity to appreciate the gourmet cuisine and the rich variety of eco-tourism offers and proposals in our area.
The world's greatest fashion designers present their collections in the charming setting of Comacchio historic centre with its famous Trepponti as a stage.
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 Hotel Comacchio, Hotels Comacchio, Welcome, Comacchio, Hospitality Comacchio, Lodge Comacchio, Lodges Comacchio, ...
Comacchio still presents its original features as a lagoon town, crossed and surrounded by water for most of its perimeter.
Governed by the Church first and by the Este family successively (1325), in 1598 it became part of the Holy See jurisdiction.
Museo del Carico della Nave Romana: in the town centre, it is possible to visit the section of the "Museo delle Culture Umane nel Delta del Po" dedicated to the Comacchio Roman Ship.
www.emmeti.it /Welcome/Emilia/ProvFerrara/Comacchio/index.uk.html   (454 words)

  
 Delta chiama Delta ("Delta calls Delta") founded in Comacchio, Italy
On 6 September 2002, the first official international network of Ramsar Sites came into being in the Italian town of Comacchio with the constitution of the Association "Delta chiama Delta" for the conservation and sustainable development of costal and delta areas.
This may notably concern the other delta management authorities that participated in the Ramsar-Evian project (coordinated in 1998-2000 by the MedWet Initiative) facilitating technical exchanges between delta areas in closed seas: the Danube and Dnister deltas in the Ukraine, the Axios-Loudias-Aliakmon delta in Greece, the Göksu delta in Turkey, and the Volga delta in Russia.
Comacchio, a small town in Ferrara Province, is situated on an island in the middle of a large lagoon south of the Po delta with its many river mouths to the Adriatic sea.
www.ramsar.org /mtg/mtg_italy_delta2002.htm   (448 words)

  
 Hotel Comacchio: accommodation Comacchio-Bed and Breakfast Comacchio Hotel
With its discrete and a little retro façade mirrored in the Maggiore canal, two steps away from the Clock tower in the heart of the historical centre of Comacchio, Hotel La Comacina is easy to identify.
Or it would be better to say a dream: the dream of bringing this corner of the old Comacchio back to its dignity, to the fascinating times when the canal was full of boats.
Comacchio, capital city of the Park of the Po delta, is surely one of the most impressive and typical lagoon towns in Italy.
www.lacomacina.it /eng/hotel-comacchio.php   (230 words)

  
 Comacchio travel guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Comacchio is like a small Venice, just 30 km north of Ravenna.
There are a few canals, there is an old bell tower, and there are some stylish bridges, and a nice cathedral.
Just 5 km from Comacchio you find the Lidi di Comacchio (Lido di Pomposa, Lido degli Scacchi, Lido Estense), a series of seaside resorts with good beaches, hotels and some nightlife, most of it for families.
www.world66.com /europe/italy/emiliaromagna/comacchio   (138 words)

  
 Lake Comacchio
The Lake (COMACCHIO), for which we had trained and practiced these many weeks, was unnavigable for "Fantails." Not deep enough just a muddy lagoon.
Test wee conducted therefore, in the area of COMACCHIO, to determine whether certain other operations were practicable in the vicinity.
Previously, the "W" Squadron had carried commandos and Royal Marines across part of the Lake, the southern part, to COMACCHIO spit, and caught the Germans by surprise.
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 Comacchio Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
The history of the family is a relatively new, yet rapidly developing area of academic study.
According to Comacchio, the sense of families being 'in crisis' has been a perpetual source of social anxiety that has had significant influence on...
by Rolando Dondarini, Antonio Samaritani, Andrea Baratta, Comacchio (Italy)
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 Comacchio Italy - Comacchio guide - Comacchio hotels - Comacchio hotel - Comacchio Italy travel - guide to Comacchio - ...
Lido di Volano is the northern most of the coastal resorts, situated 20 kilomtres northwards from the town of Comacchio and is considered part of the Po Delta Park as it is surrounded by the peaceful pine wood of Volano.
Nature and sea seems to be the very characteristic of this place where you can have sunbathe on the sandy beach and ride on horseback or by bike in the magnificent scenary of the Po Delta Park.
Among the seven Lidos of Comacchio, the Lido delle Nazioni has the most rational urban plan, which leaves wide space to the greenery and to the sport centres and grounds.
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 Comacchio:Hotel and Restaurant La Comacina. Hotel Comacchio (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Being near the motorway exit Ferrara-Portogaribaldi and the main road Strada Statale Romea Comacchio is easily accessible from the whole central part of Northern Italy.
The same applies to waterways, thanks to the tourist harbour of Lido degli Estensi and the canal navigable between the the Adriatic sea and the river Po.
Tourist harbour Lido degli Estensi and Pescherecci at Portogaribaldi; berth at Comacchio on the Ferrara –; Portogaribaldi navigable canal..
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 Comacchio, Italy
21,500), a picturesquely situated town, is the center of the Valli di Comacchio, which consists of thirteen islands connected by canals.
Near Comacchio is the site of two cemeteries of the Greek-Roman port of Spina (fourth-third century B.C.).
Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by international laws.
www.planetware.com /italy/comacchio-i-er-fesurc.htm   (66 words)

  
 AGENCY ONDA-Accomodation Lido Spina-Lido Estensi-Lido Nazioni Lidi Comacchio Lidos-Holiday Home-Villa-Residence-Rent ...
The Comacchio section of the A.N.M.I. organizes and manages a new nautical itinerary of a historic-naturalistic nature, with three different and suggestive proposals.
From Comacchio to the sea is approximately a four kilometers trip, through the navigable channel, named “Pallotta”.
The whole distance covered by this itinerary is about 60 kilometers and the allowed speed limit is twelve kilometres per hour.
www.agenziaonda.it /inglese/pop_up/itinerari_fluviali.htm   (842 words)

  
 Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On May 1, 1980, the Comacchio Company Royal Marines was formed to guard Britain's Naval nuclear weapons and as a Maritime Counter-Terrorism unit for offshore installations, including oil rigs and ships.
Instead, the Comacchio Company was named after a battle fought in Lake Comacchio, Italy, by Royal Marines in 1945, where Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter of 43 Commando posthumously received the Victoria Cross for his actions.
The Comacchio Group RM was renamed Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines in March 2001, and was restructured into its current organisation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comacchio_Company   (689 words)

  
 TIME.com: The Treasures of Comacchio -- Nov. 8, 1954 -- Page 1
In Italy's marshy delta of the Po stands the small, bedraggled town of Comacchio.
Noted chiefly for poverty, tuberculosis, and eels caught in the nearby lagoons, it had a period of illicit prosperity in the 1920s.
Last year there was muted joy in Comacchio and fury among authorized archaeologists; genuine Etruscan antiquities began to appear again on the fl market.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,857661,00.html   (775 words)

  
 Information Comacchio © Italysquare.com
Apartments, Lodges, Bed and Breakfast, Residence, Hotel, Farm Holidays Comacchio
The city of Comacchio is in the region of Emilia-Romagna and is in province of Ferrara.
Zip code is 44022 and prefixed telephone is +39 0533.
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 Comacchio, Emilia-romagna Copywriters - Copy Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Parco Delta del Po Emilia-Romagna - TOURISM > Itineraries and Birdwatching > Valli di Comacchio
Setting off from Comacchio towards Ostellato, go along a stretch of SP road and turn right on the bridge leading to the reclaimed lands; following the road signs to Anita (Valle Zavelea is worth a visit), you will reach the enchanting Argine Agosta bank that skirts the Valli di Comacchio lagoons.
Shortly before reaching Anita, turn left towards the southern area of the Valli.
(Itineraries in the Valli di Comacchio: from March to October, tel.
www.parcodeltapo.it /er/turismo/Eiti_valli_comacchio.html   (313 words)

  
 The Comacchio Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Palazzo Bellini, the seat of Comacchio’s Aldermanry of Culture and Library, will house the museum dedicated to the Comacchio shipwreck.
The display area in which the rich collection of artefacts recovered on board the vessel will be arranged, will be completed by the spring of 1999.
This will allow visitors to follow each phase of the reconstruction, guaranteeing the required climatic conditions for the conservation of the timber structures.
www2.rgzm.de /navis/Musea/Comacchio/TheComacchioMuseum.htm   (108 words)

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