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Rimini (/ ˈ r ɪ m ɪ n i / RIM-in-ee, Italian: ⓘ; Romagnol: Rémin or Rémne; Latin: Ariminum [3]) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley.
A map showing the province of Rimini's major settlements before the transfers of Montecopiolo and Sassofeltrio. The province of Rimini (Italian: provincia di Rimini) is the southernmost province of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rimini, one of the "seven sisters" of the historical region of Romagna.
The arch was built in 27 BC, commissioned by the Roman Senate in honour of Augustus, who had become the first Roman emperor in the same year. It was built at the northern end of the Via Flaminia, [2] [3] a Roman road between Ariminum (modern Rimini) and Rome constructed in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminius, [3] [4] and at the start of Ariminum 's decumanus maximus (Corso d'Augusto). [11]
Ariminum (modern Rimini) was founded as an ancient Roman colonia in 268 BC, when the Roman Senate sent 6,000 settlers to the bank of the river Ariminus (). [27] Construction of the Ponte di Tiberio started during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finished under his successor, Augustus' adoptive son Tiberius, in 21 AD.
1921 – Rimini-Riccione tram begins operating. 1932 – Ferrovia Rimini-San Marino railway begins operating. 1934 – Stadio Romeo Neri (stadium) opens. 1939 – Trolleybuses in Rimini begin operating. 1960 – 31 July: 1960 Deutsche Flugdienst incident . 1976 – October: National meeting of Lotta Continua held in Rimini. [6]
The Tempio Malatestiano (Italian: Malatesta Temple) is the unfinished cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. Officially named for St. Francis, it takes the popular name from Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, who commissioned its reconstruction by the famous Renaissance theorist and architect Leon Battista Alberti around 1450. [1]
Castel Sismondo is a castle in Rimini, Romagna, northern Italy. [1] ... Page at www.riminiturismo.it (in Italian and English) This page was last edited on 15 ...
Riccione (Italian: [ritˈtʃoːne]; Romagnol: Arciôn [arˈtsoːŋ]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.. Riccione is centred on the Rio Melo, a minor river that flows into the Adriatic Sea.