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complete stability, the pylons are equipped with the bell. The tomb is a national monument and
Romagna, breakwater spurs, oblique to the road axis to at- around it was established an area of respect and
Land of Malatesta tenuate the impact of the current, following its silence called “Dante’s area”.
Moving 2 km. away, visit of the Mausoleum of
course. The Malatesta Temple is a testimony to
3 days the magnificence of Sigismondo, signed by Leon Theodoric, known for its monolithic dome, is
Battista Alberti, and contains Giotto’s Crucifix and the most famous funerary building of the Ostro-
Strong, educated, passionate, unscrupulous, a fresco by Piero della Francesca. goths, built around 520 by Theodoric the Great
impulsive and even handsome: Sigismondo as his future grave. A visit worth seeing is also the
Pandolfo Malatesta, leader and lord of Rimi- 2nd Day: Ravenna - Cradle of Mosaics Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, built where
ni (1417-1468). Malatesta was knighted by the The visit of Ravenna starts from the Basilica of the port used to be, with a presbytery covered
old Emperor Sigismondo of Luxembourg, who San Vitale, one of the most celebrated Byzantine with mosaics and dedicated to the patron saint of
passed through Rimini on his return from Rome monuments in the world, the eye is captured by Ravenna: 55.58 m. long and 30.30 m. wide, built
in 1433. Sigismondo, who had shown very early the high spaces, the large volumes and the ba- with “giulianei bricks” measuring 4x48 cm. with
military aptitude, became one of the most skilled roque frescoes of the dome. a layer of limestone of equal thickness between
and valiant captains of the Papal armies and was one and the other.
named gonfalonier of the Vatican. Despite being Curiosity: in the presbytery in front of the al- We finish the visit with the Capanno di Garibaldi,
remembered as one of the greatest defeats in tar, on one side of the octagonal floor there is where “the hero of two worlds”, escaping after
history, Sigismondo still had a life studded with a maze. The small arrows start from the center the fall of the Roman Republic, has stopped.
successes and fame. and and lead towards the center of the Basili-
He surrounded himself with famous artists and ca through a winding path. In the early years of 3rd Day: San Marino - Ancient Land of Freedom Business Proposals in Emilia Romagna
intellectuals such as Leon Battista Alberti, Piero Christianity the maze was often used as a sym- The Republic of San Marino is the oldest Repub-
della Francesca, Agostino di Duccio, Roberto Val- bol of sin and the path to purification. Finding lic and one of the smallest states in the world.
turio and many others. the way out of the maze was an act of rebirth. The city rises on Mount Titano and has a medie-
After finishing the path of the maze of the val appearance. The visit starts from Piazza della
1st Day: Rimini - The magnificence of Sigismondo floor of San Vitale you can look up towards the Libertà, with the Public (or Government) Palace,
Rimini preserves important monuments of the altar and contemplate the mosaics, among just above the Basilica and the three Towers: Roc-
Roman and Renaissance period, under the great the most beautiful in Christendom. Proceed ca (or Guaita), Cesta and Montale. The visit ends
lordship of Sigismondo Malatesta. The central to the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, a build- with an aperitif and piadina romagnola at our
Piazza Cavour, adorned by the statue of Paul V ing intended as a chapel, covered with mosa- Podium Tour Operator offices!
and the Fontana della Pigna:the beauty and sha- ics.
pe of the fountain charmed even Leonardo da Curiosity: the legend tells that a stonemason
Vinci whose testimony is engraved on the mo- Curiosity: it is believed that Cole Porter was in- originally from Rab, in Dalmatia, named Mari-
nument “Fassi un’armonia con le diverse caduti spired in the composition of his famous song “Night no, took refuge on Monte Titano in 257 A.D. to
di acqua, come vedesti alla fonte di Rimini”. Be- and Day” by the mosaics with the 570 golden stars escape persecution against the Christians of the
side it, there are the Municipal Hall, the Palazzo that cover the deep blue dome of the Mausole- Emperor Diocletian. Charismatic and a miracle
dell’Arengo and the Gothic Palazzo del Podestà, um of Galla Placidia, which the American musi- worker, Mount Titano was donated to Marino
and in the end, the nineteenth-century Teatro cian visited during his honeymoon in Ravenna. by the owner, Donna Felicita (or Felicissima) to
Galli. Walking along Corso Augusto you arrive The mosaics of S. Apollinare Nuovo are the thank him for having cured her sick child. In 301
in Piazza Tre Martiri, which lies on the area of largest monumental cycle of the New Testament, A.D. the Republic of San Marino was founded.
the ancient Roman Forum, where it is believed which have made the Basilica a UNESCO World muse for his work of art “La nascita di Venere”.
that Julius Caesar harangued his soldiers after Heritage Site. The Church of San Francesco with
crossing the Rubicon. Here rises the Clock Tower the Tomb of Dante, who died here in 1321 and
and the Temple of St. Anthony: according to a remembered every evening by the touch of
legend, the saint was handing the consecrated
host to the citizens when a farmer passed by in
the company of a mule. The farmer did not want
to receive the host, but the mule sat down, as if it
was bowing, in front of the Saint’s hand.
After that, there is the Malatesta Fortress (Castel
Sismondo), a prestigious creation of the early Re-
naissance. The majestic facade, inspired by the
forms of the Roman Triumphal Arch, is the cre-
ation of Leon Battista Alberti. The Gothic interior
preserves the Tomb of Sigismondo Malatesta.
Sigismondo began its construction on March
20, 1437, the penultimate Wednesday of Lent,
at 18.48: the day, hour and minute were deter- 139
mined by a horoscope carefully prepared by the
court astrologers. He proclaimed its “official”
conclusion in 1446, a particularly fortunate year
for him: the castle was conceived as a sign of
power and supremacy over the city. Proceed to
the oldest of the surviving Roman arches. The
Arch of Augustus, erected in 27 B.C., stands at
the meeting point between the Via Flaminia
and the Via Emilia. It also stops at the Ponte di
Tiberio on the Marecchia river, a document of
the technical wisdom of the Romans: to ensure Ravenna - Sant’Apollinare in Classe

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