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12 unusual facts about Sanremo


1907 Milan – San Remo

After being approached by the Unione Sportiva Sanremese with idea of finishing a cycle race in San Remo, Costamagna decided on Milan as a starting point, connecting the hub of the Italian cycling industry with the hub of tourism.

Carol Jarecki

Outside of chess, Jarecki is known for a very successful run of roulette winnings with her husband Dr. Richard Jarecki in the 1970s, playing in casinos in Monte Carlo and San Remo

Ernest Wilberforce

His father ordained him deacon in December 1864 and priest in 1865 and, after short curacies at Cuddesdon itself and at Lea, was presented to a living at Middleton Stoney, near Bicester, in 1868, though he had to resign from it two years later due to Frances' poor health (she died in October 1870 in San Remo of tuberculosis).

Frederick Yates

His victory against Alexander Alekhine at Karlsbad in 1923 won the brilliancy prize, while his win against Milan Vidmar at San Remo in 1930 was described by Alekhine as the finest game played since the war.

Friedrich Gustav von Bramann

In 1887-88 he was attending surgeon to the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (1831–1888) in San Remo.

International Institute of Humanitarian Law

The Municipality of Sanremo and the Italian Red Cross are ex officio members of the Council of the Institute.

Isador Samuel Turover

For instance in 1930 Turover gave 500 lire brilliancy prize at the tournament in San Remo.

John Duncan Craig

He had to return to the south for the good of his health and died at the Villa Miramare, in San Remo, Italy, on 10 October 1909.

Loredana Errore

In 2002, Errore took part in the selection of the National Academy of Sanremo Song, finishing in the top sixteen.

Robert Leslie Ellis

An attack of rheumatic fever at Sanremo in 1849 left him an invalid, and he returned to Cambridge, living at Anstey Hall, Trumpington, next to his friend John Grote, vicar of Trumpington.

Sanremo

Alex Liddi, who was born in Sanremo, became the first native Italian to play Major League Baseball, in 2011 with the Seattle Mariners.

Vincenzo Zitello

In 1988 he begins recording his second album, “KERIGMA”, published by Sony Music and presented at the “Premio Tenco” in Sanremo.


2012 Gran Piemonte

Among them, the 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan, the 2012 Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal, the 2006 Milano-Sanremo winner Filippo Pozzato, and the 2008 Olympic Champion Samuel Sánchez.

Andrea Peron

Before the 2004 Tour de France, rumours surfaced in the French newspaper Le Monde that Peron, alongside other riders, was still under suspicion for using doping following a police razzia in Sanremo, Italy in June 2001.

Antonella Ruggiero

In 2007 she participated once again in Sanremo with the song "Canzone fra le guerre" (written in collaboration with Cristian Carrara), which was ranked in tenth place in the end.

Élisée Maclet

He painted in Orange, Vaison-La Romaine, La Ciotat, Cassis, Golfe Juan, Antibes, Cagnes, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Ville-Franche, Nice, Menton, San Remo, sending back to Von Frey glowing landscapes and glorious floral still lifes.

Giacomo Margotti

He was a native of San Remo, where his father was president of the Chamber of Commerce, and there he studied the classics and philosophy, after which he entered the seminary of Ventimiglia; in 1845, he obtained the doctorate at the University of Genoa and was received into the Royal Academy of Superga, where he remained until 1849.

Johann Nepomuk Krieger

Johann Nepomuk Krieger (4 February 1865, Unterwiesenbach – 10 February 1902, Sanremo) was a draftsman and selenographer.

La solitudine

Laura Pausini performed the song live for the first time on 23 February 1993, competing in the newcomers' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival, broadcast by Italian TV station Rai 1.

Max Gazzè

With Paola Turci e Marina Rei: Il solito sesso (during the duets evening of the 58º Festival di Sanremo, 2008)

Nina Zilli

On 12 January 2010, it was announced that Nina Zilli was one of the winners of the contest Sanremo New Generation, allowing her to participate in the newcomers section of the 60th Sanremo Music Festival.

Paola Turci

She participated at the Festival in subsequent years and won the Critics' Prize the next three years: in 1987 (with "First Tango" or "Primo Tango"), in 1988 ("It Will Be Beautiful" or "Sarò bellissima"), in 1989 (with "Children" or "Bambini"), a song that confirmed her place in the Italian music scene and earned first place in the Upcoming Artists section at the 39th Festival di Sanremo.

Pippo Baudo

In 2007, he hosted, for his twelfth time, the Festival di Sanremo, with Michelle Hunziker; he now exceeds Mike Bongiorno, who hosted eleven times.

Prosper Montagné

He apprenticed at the Grand Hôtel of Paris and the Hotel d'Angleterre of Cauterets, then worked at various restaurants in Paris and San Remo, and the Hôtel de Paris of Monte Carlo.

Sorriso nucleare

The song allowed Dolcenera to participate in the singing contest Destinazione Sanremo, created to choose the contestants of the 53rd Sanremo Music Festival in the newcomer artists' section and broadcast on Rai 2.