{"id":43420,"date":"2017-09-06T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/salt-of-cervia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:56:40","slug":"salt-of-cervia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/salt-of-cervia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Salt of Cervia- The Adriatic\u2019s white gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt is not possible to conceive the idea of a civilized society without the use of salt\u201d<\/em>
\nPliny the Elder (XXXI, 88 – I Century AD)<\/p>\n

One of a kind<\/h3>\n

Sweet salt, aromatic salt, salt for baths and to season food: the origins of this natural product in the territory of Cervia<\/a> are lost in time and history.
\nFor over two thousand years this area of Romagna, nestled between Ravenna and Rimini, has been keeping alive an ancient tradition made of passion and hard work, producing one the best types of salt existing.<\/p>\n

\"Cervia's
Cervia’s Salt mines | The manual picking of salt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The history of Cervia, after all, is one of a maritime village linked to its sea, the Adriatic, and its activities.
\nFinally, the particular climate of the area and an artisan production system, perfected over the centuries, have turned this tiny village into the so-called \u201ccity of salt\u201d.<\/p>\n

Salt has always played a fundamental role in the economies of every culture, both as a seasoning and a way to preserve food. Thanks to its characteristics, which we take for granted nowadays, the salt had already acquired the status of currency and exchange even before the Roman Era. Just think that at the time of Augustus, soldiers could be paid also with salt portions \u2013 here\u2019s where the word \u201csalary\u201d comes from.<\/p>\n

In such a period \u2013 no refrigerators or conserved seasonings \u2013 the ancient inhabitants of this area of Romagna turned it into their main income through an increasingly more sophisticated picking system, that can still be observed nowadays with a visit at Cervia\u2019s salt mines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A great ally for health and wellness<\/h3>\n

Talking about salt, it is the sweetness of Cervia’s salt that distinguishes it from all other salts on the market. The credits for it go the nearly complete absence of organoleptic elements that usually confer the characteristic bitter aftertaste of salted food.<\/p>\n

\"\"The high percentages of iodine, zinc, copper sulphate, potassium, manganese, iron and magnesium make it a perfect element to support the vital physiological processes of our body \u2013 and let’s not forget about the many benefits on cosmetics.
\nAny relaxing treatment or wellness package at the baths of Cervia<\/a> provides elixirs of beauty and health \u2013 from the treatment of cellulite and oedemas to the purification of lungs, and then creams, scrub, soaps, and bath salts.<\/p>\n

The use of salt in the kitchen is not only restricted to the seasoning of food but matches also the baking of cakes and biscuits and is a valid alternative to pots.
\nHave you ever wondered what the salt \u201cbricks\u201d are for? Well, try heating them in the oven: they will start releasing a gentle heat and are great for cooking food on top of it.<\/p>\n

\"The
The salt \u201cbrick\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An oasis of wellness and beauty<\/h3>\n

At Cervia’s back is the Natural Park of Po Delta, protected area since 1979<\/a>, the habitat of many different plant and animal species, including the characteristic flamingos.<\/p>\n

Every year, in late August or early September, the \u201ccavadura<\/em>\u201d takes place here. It is the picking of salt and is the most important moment in the salt production process: it is here that the work of an entire year bears its fruits. Great heaps of shiny salt crystals, produced through an industrial process, fill the area and mesmerise the eyes.
\nThere is still one place though where salt is picked up manually, and that is the Salina Camillone<\/strong> (Camillone salt mine) inside the salt museum MuSa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tradition and historical reenactments<\/h3>\n

According to tradition, after salt has dried out in the sunshine, every year in the second week of September another historical event takes place: the so-called \u201cArmesa de Sel\u201d<\/em>, the local dialect for \u201cstocking of salt\u201d.
\nIt’s a euphoric moment of celebration that historically represents the last step of salt production. Salt is put on small flat-bottomed boats called burchielle<\/em> and transported to the production areas and finally to the stocking sites.<\/p>\n

It is a moment of collective happiness that is still celebrated today with the culture and food festival Sapore di Sale<\/a> (\u201cTaste of salt\u201d) and the title of a traditional Italian summer song from the ’60s) that finds its higher moment in the free distribution of salt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt is not possible to conceive the idea of a civilized society without the use of salt\u201d Pliny the Elder (XXXI, 88 – I Century AD) One of a kind Sweet salt, aromatic salt, salt for baths and to season food: the origins of this natural product in the territory of Cervia are lost in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":50658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[460],"tags":[544,595],"durata":[],"target":[],"class_list":["post-43420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foodvalley","tag-food-and-wine","tag-romagna-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCervia's Salt - Adriatic\u2019s white gold | Travel Emilia Romagna<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The taste, culture, colours and atmosphere of Cervia's salt has been served on tables all over the world for over 2000 years\" \/>\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.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/salt-of-cervia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cervia's Salt - 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