Sights in Rimini
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Museo della Città
Rimini’s Museo della Città displays paintings upstairs, including a haunting Pietà by Giovanni Bellini and an altarpiece by Domenico Ghirlandaio. However, the museum’s centrepiece is the archaeological section on the ground floor. Spread over several rooms, with excellent bilingual (Italian-English) signage, are finds from two nearby Roman villas, including splendid mosaics, a rare and exquisite representation of fish rendered in coloured glass, and the world’s largest collection of Roman surgical instruments. You can walk through a life-size reconstruction of the surgeon’s offices, then visit the original excavation site across the street at the recently opened Domus…
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Tempio Malatestiano
Rimini’s grandest monument is its cathedral, the Tempio Malatestiano. Dedicated to St Francis, it was transformed in the 15th century to house the tomb of Isotta degli Atti, the beloved mistress of Sigismondo Malatesta. Sigismondo, a member of the ruling Malatesta clan, was something of a rogue: Pope Pius II, himself no angel, burned Sigismondo’s effigy in Rome and condemned him to hell for an impressive litany of sins that included rape, murder, incest, adultery and severe oppression of the people.
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Palazzo del Municipio
The city's finest palazzi hug the attractive Piazza Cavour. On its northern flank, Palazzo del Municipio, built in 1562 and reconstructed after being razed during WWII, abuts the imposing 14th-century Gothic Palazzo del Podestà; neither are open to the public.
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Teatro Amintore Galli
The Teatro Amintore Galli was a 19th-century addition to Via Pescheria, appearing in 1857 in the feverish years leading to unification.
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Castel Sismondo
A short walk to the west from the cathedral Tempio Malatestiano, the 15th-century Castel Sismondo, also known as the Rocca Malatestiana, is named after the notorious Sigismondo.
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Arco di Augusto
At the southeastern end of Corso d'Augusto, the Arco di Augusto was erected in 27 BC, while at the Corso's other end, the Ponte di Tiberio (Tiberius' Bridge) dates to the 1st century AD.
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Roman Amphitheatre
To visit the insubstantial remains of Rimini’s Roman amphitheatre, once one of the largest in the region, contact the Musei Comunali.
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Museo Fellini
Film buffs will enjoy the Fellini memorabilia at the newly relocated Museo Fellini.
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