Rimini

Rimini (Roman Ariminum), an Italian town in the province of Forli, 24 miles S.E. of Forli, is situate in a plain, and is on the Milan-Brindisi Railway. The town is walled, and has some fine marble palaces, a 14th- and 15th-century cathedral (the work of Alberti),- the church of St. Giuliano (with a Paul Veronese altar-piece), that of St. Girolamo, a triumphal arch of Augustus, and the bridge of Augustus over the Marecchia. This bridge of five arches is of white marble and still in good condition. The former harbour is now silted up. Silk, glass, and earthenware are manufactured; there is a good trade in corn, silk, fish, and salt.