Centro storico
A superficial exploration of the city center (closed to private traffic during the day) is not enough to discover the Ariminum of the Romans, the city of the Malatesta's or the 19th-century Rimini of the patriots and first social conflicts but one is able to get a rapid idea of the site's long history by visiting Roman structures like Tiberius' Bridge, Augustus' Arch and the Roman Amphitheatre; or the hidden historical corners such as the Giardino degli Aromi, the House of the Surgeon or the open spaces like Piazza Tre Martiri or the Portico of the Poveracce in Piazza Cavour, and in the narrow alleys of Borgo San Giuliano. These places have been left on one side by time and the rebuilding frenzy, and some have not even been touched since the devastating 396 bombing raids Rimini suffered during World War Two that destroyed 82% of the city. This was the greatest damage suffered by an Italian city of over 50,000 inhabitants. Postwar reconstruction and continuous restoration have produced today's Rimini–partly a rough copy of the destroyed city and partly an accumulation of new districts – a city of 150,000 inhabitants. It is contradictory, ambiguous, ephemeral, neither old nor new, neither ancient nor modern, with a transient image that has still not been clearly defined. We might say it is a cosmopolitan city founded on an eclectic set of individual components: a place of fishermen, farmers, craftsmen as well as of the tourist industry and the entertainment business.Nightlife
Disco Club Classic Circolo Arci Gay
Attractions
Antica Pescheria di Piazza Cavour
Chiesa parrocchiale di San Giovanni Battista
Santuario della Madonna della Misericordia in Santa Chiara
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino e San Giovanni Evangelista
Galleria d'Arte Luigi Franceschini
Chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Marino (Santa Rita)
Ceramiche Artistiche Crescentini
Cartoleria La Moderna di Ugolini
Restaurants
Hotels
