Monfalcone, Italy
Monfalcone is a town and comune of the province of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means "Mount of Falcon" in Italian. It is a major industrial centre for manufacturing ships, aeroplanes, textiles, chemicals and refined oil. It is a home to Italian shipbuilding company - Fincantieri. This naval shipyard of Monfalcone is based in the district of Panzano and is currently engaged in the construction of high tonnage cruise ships. Monfalcone is the fifth most populous town in Friuli - Venezia Giulia and the main centre of Bisiacaria territory. Joined to its neighbourhoods, it reaches about 50,000 inhabitants. This town is located between the Carso hills and the Adriatic coast and is the northernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Today we focus our tour over the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone to commemorate a big event for this shipyard. On 29 November 2017, Fincantieri shipyard delivered the largest ever built Italian cruise ship named the "Seaside". The Seaside is the first of two twin ships under construction ("Seaview", will be delivered by Fincantieri in the spring of 2018) at Monfalcone. The aim of the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 images acquired at the end of November 2017 is to show users that the two ships are clearly visible inside the quay (i.e. located on the upper left of the image) of dry dock, using different resolutions provided by these satellites.  View high resolution image by Landsat-8 (JPG 7.0 MB)
 View high resolution image by Sentinel-2 (JPG 9.0 MB)
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