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Castel Sismondo
(Piazza Malatesta; admission €2; 8.30am-1.30pm)
Also known as the Rocca Malatestiana,
Rimini's classic Renaissance castle was designed by the great military leader himself, Si-
gismondo Malatesta. One small subterranean room displays information on the region's
castles and natural parks.
MUSEUM
Museo della Città
MUSEUM
(Via Tonini 1; adult/reduced €6/4; 10am-12.30pm & 4.30-7.30pm Tue-Sat, 4.30-7.30pm Sun)
This is
currently Rimini's only museum until the Fellini Foundation gets its act together and re-
opens the Fellini Museum. In the meantime, aficionados of the great director can browse
original and reproduced copies of his imaginative doodling in his
Libro dei Miei Sogni
(Book of My Dreams). Otherwise, this rambling museum is best known for its Roman
section.
Spread over several rooms with excellent bilingual (Italian/English) signage are finds
from two nearby Roman villas, including splendid mosaics, a rare and exquisite represent-
ation of fish rendered in coloured glass, and the world's largest collection of Roman sur-
gical instruments.
Ponte di Tiberio
The start of the arterial Roman road, the Via Emilia, no less, the majestic five-arched
Tiberius' Bridge dates from AD 21. It still links the city centre to the old fishing quarter of
Borgo San Giuliano and rests on its original foundations consisting of an ingenious con-
struction of wooden stilts.
LANDMARK
Arco di Augusto
LANDMARK
(Corso d'Augusto )
This great Roman ruin was commissioned by Emperor Augustus in 27
BC and stands 17m high on modern-day Corso d'Augusto. It was once the end point of
the ancient Via Flaminia that linked Rimini with Rome. Buildings that had grown up
around the arch were demolished in 1935 to improve its stature.
Borgo San Giuliano
NEIGHBOURHOOD
