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THE REGATTA OF THE MARITIME REPUBLICS

Since 1956 the cities of Amalfi, Genoa, Venice and Pisa have participated in the Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics.

The event, introduced for tourist reasons, evokes the past glory of the most important episodes of the story of the four Maritime Republics

The first official edition took place in Pisa on the 1st July of that same year. Since then every year the challenge is hosted in turn off the coast of Amalfi and Genoa, along the river Arno in Pisa and in the lagoon of Venice.

The Regatta is preceded by a great parade of 320 people (80 for each one of the Republics), which evokes the characteristics, the events and the characters of the history of these four ancient maritime cities, which during the Middle Ages ploughing the seas with their fleets prospered and spread their culture throughout the Mediterranean by means of their military and commercial dominion.

The legend tells that Kinzica, regardless of the danger, incited her fellow citizens to withstand the hard battle until the Muslims were defeated and none of them was able to escape by sea.