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Rimini

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Ri·mi·ni  (rm-n, rm-)
A city of northern Italy on the Adriatic Sea south-southeast of Ravenna. Founded by Umbrians, it became a strategic Roman military base after the third century b.c. Rimini was ruled as part of the Papal States from 1509 to 1860. Population: 138,000.
Rimini, Francesca da
See Francesca da Rimini.
Rimini [ˈrɪmɪnɪ]
n
(Placename) a port and resort in NE Italy, in Emilia-Romagna on the N Adriatic coast. Pop.: 131 062 (2000 est.) Ancient name Ariminum


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The king, however, having acquired Lombardy, regained at once the authority which Charles had lost: Genoa yielded; the Florentines became his friends; the Marquess of Mantua, the Duke of Ferrara, the Bentivogli, my lady of Forli, the Lords of Faenza, of Pesaro, of Rimini, of Camerino, of Piombino, the Lucchese, the Pisans, the Sienese--everybody made advances to him to become his friend.
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"Ah," said he, "we have at Pisa, Ugolino's tower; at Ferrara, Tasso's prison; at Rimini, the room of Francesca and Paolo.
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