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Sanremo
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular
geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Sanremo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants and lies on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in northwestern Italy. It was founded in Roman times and is now best known for being a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera and the host of several cultural events such as the Sanremo Music Festival. It is also widely accepted as the origin of the Five-card stud variant, Telesina.
The official spelling of the city is Sanremo, a phonetic contraction for the name San Romolo, official saint and protector of the city, which in the local dialect sounds like San Remo. The spelling San Remo was introduced in 1924 by the City Mayor and used in official documents during Fascism. San Remo is actually a nonsense word because there is no saint called Remo in the Catholic tradition. It became a free town in the second half of the 15th century and spread on the Pigna hill and at San Siro, near the Cathedral.
In that period famous personages sojourned in Sanremo, such as the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, whose reminder is still in the homonymous promenade on the sea and in the attractive Russian Orthodox Church of San Basilio, erected in 1912 on the will of the Russian Community present in the town. Sanremo's Symphony Orchestra is one of twelve symphonic orchestrae recognized by the state of Italy and it performs some 120 concerts throughout the year, most of which in the Municipal Casino's Opera Theater. The Ariston Theater hosts the annual Sanremo music festival, a very popular song contest held in the city since 1951 to select the Italian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Sanremo is said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origins back to prehistoric times. Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and gain enthusiasm in its natural beauty and populace. It enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited places.
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