{"id":1418,"date":"2025-09-25T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/?page_id=1418"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:45:34","slug":"museum-of-the-sea-and-seafaring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/territorio\/storia-e-cultura\/museo-del-mare-e-della-marineria\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea and Maritime Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69fa9d7070432\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"light\" data-top-percent=\"16%\" data-bottom-percent=\"4%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-bottom parallax_section vl__pagehero\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.16); padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.04); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"fade-in\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer using-image\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7;\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop using-image using-bg-color\" data-parallax-speed=\"slow\" style=\"background-position: center center; 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First with fishing, then with shipyards and finally with bathing establishments, the sea has been the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">main economic resource of the territory<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Shipowners, captains, experienced sailors, fishing craftsmen and divers famous for their salvage missions and underwater searches have lived here.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is precisely to this special bond that the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sea and Maritime Museum of Loano<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, hosted in <strong>Kursaal Palace<\/strong>. The permanent exhibition brings together authentic treasures: scale model ships, period instruments and equipment, documents, photographs, books, shipbuilding and fishing paraphernalia, maps, pilot books, logbooks, shells and more.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among the most striking pieces are the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Quasar A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a life-size, fully functioning submarine handcrafted by Mario Lentini, and a collection of diver equipment, a reminder of the exploits of Lo Loano people on missions of international significance such as the recovery of the \u201cScir\u00e8\u201d off the coast of Haifa.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The exhibition was set up by the\u2019<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lodanum Marinara Cultural Association<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> with the cooperation of local schools and associations, which have contributed over the years to enrich and enhance it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column has-animation padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"top-bottom\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"fade-in-from-bottom\" data-delay=\"100\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1758786247219\" >\n\t<p><strong>The museum can be visited free of charge year-round, with evening openings in the summer months and visits by appointment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riccardo Ferrari - 349 1038384<\/li>\n<li>Teo Chirico - 393 2397910<\/li>\n<li>IAT office (Pro Loco Loano) - 019 7704832 \/ 328 8960085<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sea and Maritime MuseumPalazzo Kursaal, Corso Roma 9, Loano Visit Loano Loano has always had a deep connection with the sea, which influences the city's mild climate...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1425,"parent":1377,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1418","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-storia-e-cultura"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1418\/revisions\/1827"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitloano.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}