The city was chosen as the site of the Deutsches Marinekommando Italien from October/November 1943 to February 1944, and from July 1944 to 27 April 1945 Axis History, Gareth Collins: http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/361-germany-kriegsmarine/kriegsmarine-kommandobehoerden/6102-deutsches-marinekommando-italien (as Marineoberkommando Süd), despite lying more than 100 kilometers inland from the Adriatic Sea.