Transportation

The Ancona Airport

Ancona Airport

Ancona Airport or Ancona-Falconara Airport is an airport serving Ancona, a city in the Marche region of central Italy. The airport is located approximately west of Ancona, in Falconara Marittima...

 is located in Falconara Marittima. Falconara beach is about 2 miles away from the airport. The Orte (Rome)-Falconara Main line is one of the few transversal lines on the Italian Railway Network; even the Adriatic line passes through Falconara railway station.

Sport

The local volleyball team Pallavolo Falconara won the CEV Cup

CEV Cup

The CEV Cup is the second top official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year.Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup...

 in 1986 and reached play-off semifinal of Italian Volleyball League

Italian Volleyball League

The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. Many of the best volleyball players in the world playing in the A1 and the overall level of competition is considerably higher.-Structure:...

 two times in the eighties. Notable former volleyball players of the club include Ferdinando De Giorgi

Ferdinando De Giorgi

Ferdinando De Giorgi is an Italian volleyball coach and former player....

, Daniel Castellani

Daniel Castellani

Daniel Jorge Castellani is a former volleyball player from Argentina, who represented his native country in two Summer Olympics and now coaches both the Finland national side and Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey....

, Tom Sorensen

Tom Sorensen

Thomas Sorensen is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

, Raimonds Vilde

Raimonds Vilde

Raimonds Vilde is a former Soviet volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.He was born in Riga.In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches....

, Jan Kvalheim

Jan Kvalheim

Jan Kvalheim is a former beach volleyball player from Norway, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....

, Andrea Anastasi

Andrea Anastasi

Andrea Anastasi is an Italian volleyball coach and former player.-Career:As a playerAs a coach-Sources:...

, Leondino Giombini

Leondino Giombini

Leondino Giombini is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1999 European Championship in Vienna, Austria. He earned a total number of 134 caps for the Azzurri....

, Pasquale Gravina

Pasquale Gravina

Pasquale Gravina is a former Italian professional volleyball player.Gravina is 202 cm and played as middle attacker. After played for minor leagues, he made his debut in the Italian volleyball championship first division in 1988, for Falconara. His qualities, especially in block actions, made him...

, Valerio Vermiglio

Valerio Vermiglio

Valerio Vermiglio is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

 and Samuele Papi

Samuele Papi

Samuele Papi is an Italian volleyball player.Papi, standing at 1.91 m, was born in Ancona and debuted in Italy's Serie A in 1990. He current plays passing-hitter for Sisley Treviso....

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