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1916 Rimini Earthquakes
In 1916, two earthquakes of magnitude 5.82 occurred near the border between the regions of Romagna and the Marche in the Kingdom of Italy: at 13:50 Central European Summer Time, CEST on 17 May, and at 09:06 CEST on 16 August. While the earthquakes caused few fatalities, the 17 May earthquake damaged and the 16 August earthquake destroyed many buildings in the coastal settlements of Rimini, Riccione, and Pesaro, and their hinterlands. 615 buildings in Rimini were demolished after the earthquakes, while 80% of Riccione was razed. Among the lost historic buildings were Riccione's medieval Church of San Lorenzo in Strada and its first marine hospice. Some houses also collapsed in the San Marino, Republic of San Marino. With the 16 August earthquake occurring at the height of the summer touristic season, the 1916 earthquakes considerably hurt the local coastal economies, already depressed by the World War I, First World War. The area around Rimini had suffered earthquakes in 1672, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia. The Adriatic contains more than 1,300 islands, mostly located along the Croatian part of its eastern coast. It is divided into three basins, the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest, with a maximum depth of . The Otranto Sill, an underwater ridge, is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western (Italian) coast. Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight, although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of San Marino
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These are the 9 ''castelli'' (municipalities) of San Marino: Though it is one of the biggest towns of the Republic, Dogana is not an autonomous ''castello'' but belongs to the ''castello'' of Serravalle. Like Italian ''comuni'', the ''castelli'' of San Marino include a main town that is the seat of the castello, called the ''capoluogo'', and other settlements known as ''frazioni'' or ''curazie''. See also * ISO 3166-2:SM Municipalities San Marino, Municipalities San Marino 1 Municipalities, San Marino San Marino Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabicce Mare
Gabicce Mare, also named Gabicce ( Romagnol: ''Gabéc''), is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, in Italy, region Marche. It is located about northwest of Ancona, north of Pesaro, and is close to the borders with the Province of Rimini, in Emilia-Romagna. The village has once been a fisherman's place, but nowadays it is a summer tourist center with several beaches. Twin towns * Ötigheim, Germany, since 1999 * Brussels, Belgium, since 2003 * Eguisheim, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ..., since 2007 References External linksGabicce Mare Map [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattolica
Cattolica (; rgn, Catòlga) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Rimini, Italy, with 16,233 inhabitants as of 2007. History Archaeological excavations show that the area was already settled in ancient Rome, Roman times. Cattolica rose as a resting place for pilgrims who traveled the Bologna-Ancona-Rome route, on their way to the sanctuary of Loreto (AN), Loreto or to St. Peter's in Rome. In 1500 it counted more than twenty taverns and inns. Only from the second half of the 19th century did the fishing industry became relevant in the economy of the town. One of the first notable visitors to Cattolica's beach was Lucien Bonaparte, brother of the French Emperor, who preferred it to noisy Rimini, in 1823. The town became an independent commune in 1896. After the end of World War I the tourism industry became predominant. Main sights *Church of San Apollinare (13th century) *''Torre Malatestiana'' (house of Malatesta, Malatesta tower) (1490) *''Museo della Regina di Cattol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bartolomeo, Rimini
San Bartolomeo, also known as the Santi Bartolomeo e Marino or Santa Rita, is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located in Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The church was founded in the 12th century at the site of an original 5th-century chapel dedicated to San Marino. It was assigned to the Lateran Canons in 1464 until 1797. The church building was restored in 1865. The first chapel on the right has a detached fresco, depicting the Madonna, brought here in 1807 from the Convent of the Cappuccini. An altarpiece depicts ''Sant'Ubaldo frees the possessed'' by Francesco Stringa. The main altar has a copy of Giuseppe Ribera's ''Martyrdom of St Bartholemew''. At one time the main altarpiece was a ''St Marino and Saints'' now found in the Chapel of Leo XII in Spoleto. The ceiling has three large canvases (1655) by il Centino; some of the other canvases were by Alessandro Codrini of Rimini. Some frescoes were attributed to Bartolomeo Cesi. The frescoes in the cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernardino, Rimini
San Bernardino or San Bernardino da Siena is a Baroque architecture, Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located in vicolo San Bernardino #26 in Rimini, Italy. The church and adjacent convent are now affiliated with Clarissan Order nuns. History An oratory at the site was founded in 1485 as a part of a hospice of the Frati delle Grazie. It then passed on to the property of the Conventual Franciscans (Minori Osservanti) who commissioned the architect Giovanni Francesco Buonamici to reconstruct a church in 1759. Completed posthumously in 1761 with his designs, Buonamici was buried in the church. The Franciscan order was suppressed by 1810, but remained in the site till 1816. The simple brick facade is decorated with a diamond point pattern; the main portal is flanked by statues of ''St Bernardino da Siena'' and ''James of the Marches, St Giacomo della Marca'' sculpted in 1765 by Carlo Sarti. He also completed the St Francis of Assisi in the niche in the right rear corner of the church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna Della Colonnella, Rimini
Madonna della Colonnella also known as the ''Santa Maria Annunziata alla Colonnella'' is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church located in Via Flaminia #96 in Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The church owes it origin to a purported miracle, occurring on May 5, 1506, attributed to the intercession of the image of the Virgin painted on a brick wall on a column located on Via Flaminia. In 1517 the church was granted to the Hieronymites (Girolamini). In 1682 it was assigned to the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, till their expulsion in 1797. Finally in 1817 it was assigned to the Cappuccini. The church suffered severe damage again during World War II. The church was erected after 1506; the façade is plain and unfinished in brick; even a center window in the façade has been walled up with brick. This façade was rebuilt or restored after being damaged during the earthquake of 1672. The interiors have an elegant Bramantesque simplicity. The architectural desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Giovanni Battista, Rimini
San Giovanni Battista is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located on Via XX settembre #1870 in Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The church was located adjacent to the site of a paleo-Christian basilica, dedicated to San Stefano, and erected sometime in the 5th century under the patronage of Galla Placidia. The basilica was razed during the troubles of the 8th century. In its place, it is documented that by 1144 arose this church dedicated to John the Baptist. In 1573, it was assigned to the Discalced Carmelite Order, and in 1605, it joined the parish of San Gregorio. In 1767 to 1772, the Carmelites commissioned Gaetano Cupioli to rebuild the church in a late baroque style. In 1797, the church and convent as suppressed, and granted to the Capuchin friars till 1805, when it became again a parish. Interiors In 1864, an inventory of the artworks included: *Second chapel on right, stuccoes of an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin of the Carmine by Antonio Trentanov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempio Malatestiano
The Tempio Malatestiano ( it, House of Malatesta, Malatesta Temple) is the Unfinished building, unfinished cathedral church of Rimini, Italy. Officially named for Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, it takes the popular name from Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, who commissioned its reconstruction by the famous Renaissance theorist and architect Leon Battista Alberti around 1450. History San Francesco was originally a thirteenth-century Gothic architecture, Gothic church belonging to the Franciscans. The original church had a rectangular plan without side chapels, with a single nave ending with three apses. The central one was probably frescoed by Giotto, to whom is also attributed the crucifix now housed in the second right chapel. Malatesta called on Alberti, as his first ecclesiastical architectural work, to transform the building and make it into a kind of personal mausoleum for him and his lover and later his wife, Isotta degli Atti. The execution of the project was handed over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga
The Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga, also known as the Gambalunghiana, is a public library in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Readers known to have visited the library include Ezra Pound, Ambroise Firmin Didot, and Aby Warburg. History Foundation The Palazzo Gambalunga, as the building housing the library is known, was commissioned by , a Riminese lawyer. It was constructed between 1610 and 1614 at the cost of 70,000 scudi. The road, then named Via del Rigagnolo della Fontana, was already inhabited by nobles. The library was purchased mostly in Venice, and transported by sea to Rimini, where the books featuring Gambalunga's distinctive binding were bound in a workshop. Gambalunga predominantly stocked humanistic titles, with law books accompanied by Greek and Latin classics, and works in history, early modern science, Italian literature, grammar, poetry, and rhetoric. They were placed in the lower room of the house. Gambalunga died on 12 August 1619. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amintore Galli Theatre
The Amintore Galli Theatre (or Teatro Amintore Galli) in Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ..., Italy, was opened in 1857, is the city's principal theatre. Originally called Municipal Theatre Vittorio Emanuele II, it was renamed for the composer Amintore Galli. Construction began in 1843 based on a Neo-classical design by Luigi Poletti. In 1943, when Allied bombing during World War 2 left nothing but the facade and part of the foyer. The building was restored, and it reopened in 2019. References External links * {{coord missing, Italy Buildings and structures in Rimini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
