Today there remains no trace of the Rimini ancient port, except an attractive decoration highlighting a mosaic with a harbour scene, stored at the City Museum: an emblematic image of the port and its activity is the subject of the mosaic piece from room A of Palazzo Diotallevi, the so-called boat mosaic, depicting the landing of a merchant convoy.
Rimini’s identity stretches back into the mists of time in its history, traditions, memories…. and in the sea.
Certainly, Rimini was born from the sea and its river waters and has been intimately bound to these since Greek and Etruscan times. Ariminum was a lively trading centre, a nodal point in the communication networks linking the regions of the North with the Mediterranean.
The ancient port is located farther back than the current, near the actually Train Station. During the Roman Empire, the port was expanded with port facilities: berthing docks, lighthouse, warehouses, whose nothing still remain standing.
The beach, set back from the current one of about 2 km, was full of dunes with mediterranean vegetation.
Probably, the stone block discovered along Via Roma, in correspondence with Largo Martiri d’Ungheria, refer to the quays of the ancient roman port.
Rimini all year round
