Tourist information - Rimini
Rimini is a city and also seaport, central Italy, in Emilia-Romagna Region, on the mouth of the Marecchia River, on the Adriatic Sea. The modern part of Rimini is amongst the most well-known seaside resorts in Italy. Industries include shipyards as well as the manufacturing of shoes, furniture, textiles, and pharmaceuticals.
Roman remains such as a bridge across the Marecchia River and a triumphal arch. Some other remarkable landmarks are the renewed 13th-century Church of San Agostino, the remains of the mid-15th-century Malatesta Castle, and the Church of San Francesco (or Malatesta Temple).
Rimini, founded as the Umbrian city of Ariminum, became a Roman colony in 268 BC. It developed into a strategic military post, a seaport, and also a commercial center on the primary route between Rome and northern Italy. The city belonged to the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 8th century AD, when it fell first to the Lombards and after that to the Franks, who presented it to the papacy. Part of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century, it was formed autonomous in the 12th century. The Malatesta family dominated from the 13th century until the 16th century, when papal dominance was re-established.
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