{"id":19847,"date":"2023-06-27T08:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/contadini-del-mare\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:50:35","slug":"farmers-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers of the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fishing<\/strong>, which for years has been the main activity of the people of Civitanova<\/strong>, full of sacrifices and dangers and closely linked to the sea.<\/p>\n

The profession of the fisherman \u2013 which Dante Cecchi wanted to define as \u201cthe farmer of the sea\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 primarily refers to the seafaring tool that has characterized the Marchigiana coast for centuries: the lancetta<\/strong>, the boat used before the technological revolution, which brought significant improvements in working and living conditions for many people.<\/p>\n

This boat \u2013 in relation to the specifically Marchigiana territory \u2013 was used by fishermen not only from Civitanova, but also by those from Porto Potenza Picena, Porto Recanati, and those immediately to the north beyond Conero and to the south up to Porto San Giorgio and San Benedetto del Tronto. In use at least since the mid-1800s until around the 1970s, the lancetta was called \u201cbragozzo\u201d in Chioggia and \u201cparanza\u201d in Abruzzo, and it seems that these boats all had the same origin: from a Venetian boat called \u201crascona.\u201d The lancetta originally had a more slender and pointed bow, but it seems to have undergone significant changes both due to the specific type of fishing it was intended for and also considering the particular shape of the seabeds and coastlines of our areas.<\/p>\n

Sailors almost always had a nickname, as is common in our countryside, and this is perhaps the meaning of the term \u201cpeasant of the sea.\u201d<\/strong> Strangely, the custom had also spread to the world of seafaring, so much so that even the essential onboard tools were identified with easily memorable names, such as the \u201cpalommella,\u201d which referred to a rooster if drawn on the sail, and the \u201crota de lo carro\u201d was the boat\u2019s rudder, as if it were a countryside cart wheel\u2026 after all, in our countryside, there is no \u201clu tim\u00f2\u201d of the cart? \u201cLu tirassegno\u201d referred to the striking concentric circles that often appeared on the sail, and the seagulls became \u201cli picci\u00f9.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just as with the sails, the names given to the small boats had different origins and meanings. Some were connected to the family background of the owners, and so we have Mamma Maria \u2013 Antonio son \u2013 Ulderico father\u2026 or, when the merits of the vessel were being praised, we find: Indomito, Invincibile, Trionfo, Sciccheria; after the First World War, reference was made to great values: Peace, Freedom, Hope or \u2013 more generally \u2013 names of historical figures from all times were adopted: Dante Alighieri, Nazario Sauro, Annibal Caro, Andrea Doria; there were also playfully suggestive phrases: And yet it moves, I will tell you, God provides, Always forward, and so on. When one small boat was replaced by a newer one, it was not uncommon to find: the New Maria, Clemente renewed, Third New Mario, etc.<\/p>\n

www.larucola.org\/2020\/04\/24\/storia-e-storie-dei-pescatori-del-mare-adriatico\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fishing, which for years has been the main activity of the people of Civitanova, full of sacrifices and dangers and closely linked to the sea. The profession of the fisherman \u2013 which Dante Cecchi wanted to define as \u201cthe farmer of the sea\u201d \u2013 primarily refers to the seafaring tool that has characterized the Marchigiana […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[653],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-you-say"],"yoast_head":"\nFarmers of the sea - Marche Love<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Farmers of the sea - Marche Love\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fishing, which for years has been the main activity of the people of Civitanova, full of sacrifices and dangers and closely linked to the sea. The profession of the fisherman \u2013 which Dante Cecchi wanted to define as \u201cthe farmer of the sea\u201d \u2013 primarily refers to the seafaring tool that has characterized the Marchigiana […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marche Love\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marcheloveshop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-27T07:09:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-15T15:50:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CristianaLove\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CristianaLove\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CristianaLove\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ce793bd6b06ab6f42a9893821017ff17\"},\"headline\":\"Farmers of the sea\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-27T07:09:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-15T15:50:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":468,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"What you say\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/\",\"name\":\"Farmers of the sea - Marche Love\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-27T07:09:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-15T15:50:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/farmers-of-the-sea\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/news-home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What you say\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/cat\\\/what-you-say\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Farmers of the sea\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Marche Love\",\"description\":\"Connettiti con le Marche Attraverso Storie e Stile!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Shop Marche Love\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Marche Love\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/marche_love_logo_web.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/marche_love_logo_web.png\",\"width\":567,\"height\":287,\"caption\":\"Marche Love\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/marcheloveshop\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/marcheloveshop\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@marcheloveshop\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@MarcheLove-whatyousay\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marchelove.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ce793bd6b06ab6f42a9893821017ff17\",\"name\":\"CristianaLove\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Farmers of the sea - Marche Love","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Farmers of the sea - Marche Love","og_description":"Fishing, which for years has been the main activity of the people of Civitanova, full of sacrifices and dangers and closely linked to the sea. The profession of the fisherman \u2013 which Dante Cecchi wanted to define as \u201cthe farmer of the sea\u201d \u2013 primarily refers to the seafaring tool that has characterized the Marchigiana […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/","og_site_name":"Marche Love","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marcheloveshop","article_published_time":"2023-06-27T07:09:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-15T15:50:35+00:00","author":"CristianaLove","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CristianaLove","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/"},"author":{"name":"CristianaLove","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ce793bd6b06ab6f42a9893821017ff17"},"headline":"Farmers of the sea","datePublished":"2023-06-27T07:09:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-15T15:50:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/"},"wordCount":468,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["What you say"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/","name":"Farmers of the sea - Marche Love","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-06-27T07:09:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-15T15:50:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/farmers-of-the-sea\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/news-home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What you say","item":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/cat\/what-you-say\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Farmers of the sea"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/","name":"Marche Love","description":"Connettiti con le Marche Attraverso Storie e Stile!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Shop Marche Love","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#organization","name":"Marche Love","url":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/marche_love_logo_web.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/marche_love_logo_web.png","width":567,"height":287,"caption":"Marche Love"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marcheloveshop","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marcheloveshop","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@marcheloveshop","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MarcheLove-whatyousay"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ce793bd6b06ab6f42a9893821017ff17","name":"CristianaLove"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19849,"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19847\/revisions\/19849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marchelove.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}