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RIMINI.
Vedi Ginevra, Isotta e 1’altre amanti,
E la coppia d’ Arimino.
Petrarca.
Heu, miser, exagitans immiti corde furores,
Sancte puer, curis hominum qui gaudia misces,
Quteque regis Golgos, quasque Idalium frondosum,
Qualibus incensam jactastis mente puellam
Fluctibus, in flavo SEepe hospite suspirantem !
Quantos ilia tulit languenti corde timores !
Quantum ssepe magis fulgore expalluit auri!
Catullus.
Rimini, or Arimino, the Ariminum of the Romans, is a
place of great antiquity. Tradition has even assigned its
origin to the times of Hercules. Here terminated the Via
Flaminia, being joined to the Via /Emilia. The labours
of Augustus, the great road-maker of Italy, are still
visible in the magnificent bridge over which the traveller
enters the town. This bridge, which consists of three
arches, built entirely of solid blocks of white marble, is
one of the most perfect monuments extant of the Au-
gustan age. The proportions of the arches are said to
be the same as those recommended by Palladio. From
the inscriptions still legible upon the marble, it appears
that the work was not completed until the time of Ti-
berius. Rimini also exhibits other remains of antiquity,
inviting the attention of the traveller : a triumphal gate
with one arch, raised in honour of Augustus and the
ruins of an amphitheatre, in the garden of the Capuchins.
Vedi Ginevra, Isotta e 1’altre amanti,
E la coppia d’ Arimino.
Petrarca.
Heu, miser, exagitans immiti corde furores,
Sancte puer, curis hominum qui gaudia misces,
Quteque regis Golgos, quasque Idalium frondosum,
Qualibus incensam jactastis mente puellam
Fluctibus, in flavo SEepe hospite suspirantem !
Quantos ilia tulit languenti corde timores !
Quantum ssepe magis fulgore expalluit auri!
Catullus.
Rimini, or Arimino, the Ariminum of the Romans, is a
place of great antiquity. Tradition has even assigned its
origin to the times of Hercules. Here terminated the Via
Flaminia, being joined to the Via /Emilia. The labours
of Augustus, the great road-maker of Italy, are still
visible in the magnificent bridge over which the traveller
enters the town. This bridge, which consists of three
arches, built entirely of solid blocks of white marble, is
one of the most perfect monuments extant of the Au-
gustan age. The proportions of the arches are said to
be the same as those recommended by Palladio. From
the inscriptions still legible upon the marble, it appears
that the work was not completed until the time of Ti-
berius. Rimini also exhibits other remains of antiquity,
inviting the attention of the traveller : a triumphal gate
with one arch, raised in honour of Augustus and the
ruins of an amphitheatre, in the garden of the Capuchins.