Coast of Romagna

On the Adriatic coast of Romagna, Cervia's salt pans gave the town one of its most valuable products. Salt workers carried the harvest in flat-bottomed boats along the canal to the harbour. The Papal administration built the Torre warehouse beside the canal in 1691 and the Darsena warehouse opposite it in 1712. Between 1697 and 1714, the old town was moved from the salt marshes to a new site near the harbour.