Comune di San Benedetto del Tronto

San Benedetto del Tronto (Sammenedette in the local dialect) is one of the major cities on the mid coast of the Adriatic Sea and is a well known and much-visited tourist resort, besides being an industrial and commercial centre. Although having no natural inlet, at the beginning of the twentieth century a harbour was built and today it is one of the most important fishing ports in the Mediterranean. San Benedetto del Tronto was declared a City by Decree of the President of the Republic on 25h October 2000, thanks mainly to the quality of its social services, besides a significant development in all sectors. The city can boast a favourable geographic position, right at the centre of the Italian peninsula, the Adriatic coast and mid-southern Europe and can easily be reached from any direction and Italian city thanks to a valid road network; its geographical location also offers the possibility to reach quickly both the enchanting landscape of hills, at the foot of which it is s...