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Marecchia
The Marecchia () is a river in eastern Italy, flowing from near Monte dei Frati in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, to the Adriatic Sea in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. Along its course, the river passes next to or near the settlements of Novafeltria, Verucchio, and Santarcangelo di Romagna. It passes near the Republic of San Marino. Among its tributaries are the San Marino river and the Ausa. The river's valley, known as the Valmarecchia, is on the border of the historic regions of Romagna and Montefeltro. On 15 August 2009, the of the upper valley transferred from the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the Marche region, to the province of Rimini in Emilia-Romagna. Route The source of the river is near Monte dei Frati, east of Pieve Santo Stefano and southwest of Badia Tedalda in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. Flowing northeast, it includes the settlement of Novafeltria on its left bank, and receives the Torrente Mazzocco on its right bank. It flows near Pietracuta, after whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is one of the most notable seaside resorts in Europe, with a significant domestic and international tourist economy. The first bathing establishment opened in 1843. The city is also the birthplace of the film director Federico Fellini, and the nearest Italian city to the independent Republic of San Marino. The ancient Romans founded the ''colonia'' of in 268 BC, constructing the Arch of Augustus and the Ponte di Tiberio at the start of strategic roads that ended in Rimini. During the Renaissance, the city benefited from the court of the House of Malatesta, hosting artists like Leonardo da Vinci and producing the Tempio Malatestiano. In the 19th century, Rimini hosted many movements campaigning for Italian unification. Much of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novafeltria
Novafeltria, historically Mercatino Marecchia (), is a ''comune'' in the province of Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Geography The town is located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini. It is the main center of the Montefeltro traditional region. It is located on the Marecchia river. History The town was historically known as Mercatino Marecchia. It is first recorded in 950 AD as the parish of San Pietro (on cultivated land). As a medieval market town, Mercantino Marecchia was an open meeting place, without town walls, similar to Mercantino Conca. Its position by the Marecchia river, at the meeting point of roads to San Leo, Talamello, and Sant'Agata Feltria, facilitated its function in the local economy. The market fairs were traditionally held in August. In the early sixteenth century, the Counts of Segni from Bologna built a villa in Mercatino Marecchia, which is the present-day municipal hall. The of Mercantino Marecchia w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ausa (river)
The Ausa is a minor river some long that traverses part of northern San Marino and Emilia–Romagna in Italy. The source of the river is Monte Titano in central San Marino. The river flows northeast past Serravalle and crosses the border into the Italian province of Rimini close to Dogana. The river continues flowing northeast and is channelled through storm drains at Rimini before emptying into the Marecchia. It features the lowest point of San Marino, at above sea level, at the point where it leaves the country. Course The river rises in San Marino. It flows northeast through the towns of Serravalle and Dogana, and forms the northern border between Italy and San Marino as it curves east past Rovereta. After Cerasolo, a ' of Coriano, the Ausa turns northeast, turning again to reach Via Monetscudo on the outskirts of urban Rimini. Until the 1960s, the Ausa flowed south of Rimini's city centre, running between the present-day Rimini Sud junction of the A14 tolled hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santarcangelo Di Romagna
Santarcangelo di Romagna () is a ''comune'' in the province of Rimini, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, on the '' Via Emilia''. As of 2009, it had a population of some 21,300. It is crossed by two rivers, the and the Marecchia. The municipality includes much of the town of San Vito, notable for the Ponte di San Vito and the . History Santarcangelo lies on the route of the Via Aemilia, the ancient Roman road running between (modern Rimini) and (Piacenza). A stone bridge crossed the river near Santarcangelo. Under the reign of emperor Augustus, the Via Aemilia was rerouted to run through San Vito, crossing the Uso at the Ponte di San Vito. On 16 April 1992, the municipality transferred from the province of Forlì to the newly created province of Rimini. Main monuments * Arco Ganganelli (1772–77): Neoclassical triumphal arch built to honor the recently elected Pope Clement XIV (al secolo Lorenzo Ganganelli), native to Santarcangelo. Designed by the archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microstates within Italy, the other being Vatican City. San Marino is the List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-smallest country in the world, with a land area of just over and a population of 34,042 as of 2025. Its capital, the City of San Marino, sits atop Monte Titano, while its largest settlement is Dogana, in the municipality of Serravalle, San Marino, Serravalle. Founded according to myth in 301 AD, San Marino claims to be the oldest extant sovereign state and the oldest constitutional republic. It is named after Saint Marinus, a legendary Stonemasonry, stonemason from the Roman Empire, Roman island of Rab (island), Rab (in present-day Croatia), who is supposed to have established a monastic community on Monte Titano. The countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Rimini
The province of Rimini () is the southernmost Provinces of Italy, province of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rimini, one of the "seven sisters" of the historical region of Romagna. The province borders the Adriatic Sea to its northeast, the province of Forlì-Cesena to its northwest, the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the Marche region, to its south and southeast, the independent San Marino, Republic of San Marino to its south, and the province of Arezzo in Tuscany to its southwest. The province consists of 27 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), centred on the valleys of the Marecchia and Conca (river), Conca rivers. Since the transfer of nine ''comuni'' (municipalities) from Pesaro and Urbino in 2009 and 2021, the province of Rimini includes most of the historical region of Montefeltro. History The province of Rimini was formed on 16 April 1992. Its ''Comune, comuni'' were previously part of the province of Forlì, whose remaining part was renamed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marino (river)
The San Marino () is a river in the Italian peninsula. It flows through San Marino (Chiesanuova and Acquaviva), then north into Italy. For some of its length it forms part of the border between the two countries. It flows into the Marecchia at Torello, part of the commune of San Leo (Province of Rimini The province of Rimini () is the southernmost Provinces of Italy, province of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rimini, one of the "seven sisters" of the historical region of Romagna. The province borders the Adriat ...). Adriatic Italian coast basins Rivers of San Marino Rivers of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino Rivers of the Province of Rimini Italy–San Marino border Rivers of Italy {{Italy-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verucchio
Verucchio () is a ''comune ''in the province of Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It has a population of about 9,300 and is from Rimini, on a spur overlooking the valley of the Marecchia river. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). History Traces of a 12th-9th century BC settlement, supposed of Villanovan origin, have been found overlooking the Adriatic plain. Later it was an Etruscan possession. The current town derives its name from ''Vero Occhio'' ("True Eye"), referring to its privileged position offering a wide panorama of the surrounding countryside and the Romagna coast. Malatesta da Verucchio, founder of the Malatesta lordship of Romagna, was born here. His successors fortified it as a powerful bastion against the Montefeltro of Urbino. After the expulsion of the Malatesta (15th century), it was a fief of the Medici in the Papal States; it remained part of the latter, with a short stint under the Republic of Venic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talamello
Talamello () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini. Geography Talamello borders the following municipalities: Maiolo, Mercato Saraceno, Novafeltria, Sogliano al Rubicone. History Between 1921 and 1960, Talamello was served by the Rimini–Novafeltria railway. Following its closure, much of the railway was incorporated into the provincial road. The railway station is still extant in Talamello. After the referendum of 17 and 18 December 2006, Talamello was detached from the province of Pesaro and Urbino (Marche) to join Emilia-Romagna and the province of Rimini on 15 August 2009. on " [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Aemilia
The Via Aemilia (, ) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from ''Ariminum'' (Rimini), on the Adriatic coast, to ''Placentia'' (Piacenza) on the River ''Padus'' ( Po). It was completed in 187 BC. The Via Aemilia connected at Rimini with the Via Flaminia, which had been completed 33 years earlier, to Rome. History The land today known as northern Italy (''Italia settentrionale'') was known to the ancient Romans during the republican period (to 44 BC) as Gallia Cisalpina (literally: Gaul on the near – i.e. southern – side of the Alps) because it was then inhabited by Celtic tribes from Gaul, who had colonised the area in the 4th and 5th centuries BC. ''Italia'' meant the area inhabited by Italic tribes: the border between ''Italia'' and ''Gallia Cisalpina'' was roughly a line between ''Pisae'' (Pisa) and ''Ariminum''. ''Gallia Cisalpina'' contained the Pianura padana (Po river plain). This vast country, by far the largest fertile plain in the mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badia Tedalda
Badia Tedalda is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northeast of Arezzo. Two of its '' frazioni'', Santa Sofia Marecchia and Cicognaia, form an exclave of the province of Arezzo (Ca' Raffaello) surrounded by the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ... region. References External links Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Arezzo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casteldelci
Casteldelci () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Rimini, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Rimini. History On 7 April 1944, the hamlet of Fragheto was the site of the Fragheto massacre. After partisans belonging to the Eighth Garibaldi Brigade ambushed troops approaching the hamlet, fourteen soldiers of the German 356th Infantry Division conducted house-to-house searches and summarily killed civilians. 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans were killed. Representing 40% of the hamlet's population, many of the victims were elderly people, women, or children. A further seven partisans and one civilian were shot the next day at Ponte Carrattoni, at the confluence of the Senatello and Marecchia. On 17 and 18 December 2006, voters in Casteldelci voted to join the region of Emilia-Romagna. Of 448 eligible voters in Casteldelci, 232 (81.4%) voted to join Emilia-Romagna, while 53 (18.6%) voted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
