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Visiting the province: a short guide
People go to Rimini for the seaside, people go to Rimini to dream. The city has many facets: fantastic, in the steps of the great film director Federico Fellini, along the streets of Borgo San Giuliano to the Grand Hotel, on the promenade; Roman with the Arch of Augustus and the Tiberius Bridge; Renaissance, when Rimini was the chief town of the Signory, with beautiful buildings such as the Malatesta Temple and the Sismondo Castle.
Behind Rimini lie the lands of the Signory, places of noble history, where life is easy-going and there is a sacred respect for food. The countryside is green and luscious, with fields of wheat dotted here and there with vineyards and olive groves. Visiting the Marecchia and Conca Valleys means journeying back in history to the times of the Malatestas.
In the Marecchia Valley, the castles and towers all have something in common. They stand on rugged outcrops of rock high above the valley and offer a panoramic view of the coast and mountains. The route passes first through Santarcangelo, with its beautiful old-town centre on the hill top, Poggio Berni, which boasts a unique concentration of stately homes and mills, and continues to the fortress of Torriana, a great barrage across the valley, and Montebello, a quaint hill town dominated by a castle filled with mystery. |
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On the opposite side of the valley, the last bulwark is the castle of Verucchio, one of the largest of them all, where Mastin Vecchio Malatesta was born.
The Conca Valley is less harsh, the sea is always present and the hills move slowly up to the Apennine Mountains; just before the foothills lie the Malatesta towns of the plains: Coriano, San Clemente, Morciano, San Giovanni in Marignano.
On the borders of the Montefeltro region, along the line of defence of the Signory are the castles of Saludecio, Montegridolfo, Mondaino with their old-town centres enclosed by walls.
Among the preferred places of residence of the Malatesta was the fortress of Montefiore, almost a palace, decorated with frescos. At Gemmano, a major role is played by the pristine countryside and in particular the Onferno Caves.
The journey along the Conca Valley ends with the castles of Montescudo and Montecolombo, strategically placed to control the surrounding area. |
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