History of Cattolica
Asia Santovito
Turism History
200 years since that summer of 1823, when
Luciano Bonaparte, who was on holiday in Rimini, decided to move to Cattolica after an unfortunate episode that occurred in Rimini. The date attested by a document is the starting point of a story of bathing and seaside holidays.
The Beaches of Cattlica organize a series of meetings with scholars and enthusiasts of the Genia Catulghina Association, in a calendar that follows a chronological and sentimental path starting from the beginning of the seaside activity.
Primo Maggio Square
Large square overlooking the sea has been the center of the tourist area since the end of the nineteenth century. The municipal Kursaal overlooked it, later replaced by the Grand Hotel designed by the architect Melchiorre Bega, now replaced by a tourist facility.
In the center stands a fountain of exquisite workmanship with sculptures representing three mermaids, created by Giuseppe Casalini from Forlì in 1928.
Hotel Kursaal
The Hotel Kursaal in Cattolica is a historic building in the city. Born at the end of the 19th century on a project by the engineer Gaetano Urbani as a bathing establishment.
The most important redevelopment project dates back to 1936 by the famous rationalist architect Melchiorre Bega. Today the Kursaal is divided into two parts, a historical one dating back to the 1920s and a modern one, built in the 1990s. Since the 1990s, in its restored version, it has become a 4-star hotel.
Villa Fulgida
in 1933 Mrs. Andreina Sormari with her brother
Fausto decided to purchase Dr. Moris Vila, transforming it with great intuition into the Hotel Via Fulgida.
The Hotel has hosted illustrious names, famous people and simple holidaymakers. While maintaining its structural and architectural characteristics unchanged, over the years the Villa has been expanded, modernized in the bedrooms, bathrooms and furnishings, equipping it with air conditioning and a lift.
Nettuno Square
Piazza Nettuno has recently been renovated and represents the ideal meeting point between the pedestrian areas of the two streets mentioned above. The port of Cattolica should have been built here, but this did not happen because otherwise the city would have been divided.
The first Alessandrini hotel and the Zacconi theater were built in Piazza Nettuno.
Via Pascoli
Via Pascoli is home to the Pilgrims' Hospital, now home to the Queen's Museum, the fortress built at the end of the 1400s and the Church of S. Apollinare which dates back to the end of the 1200s. Ancient Via Flaminia, connected Rimini to Rome, used for the transport of goods or for pilgrimage.
Bovio Street
The city center Via Bovio, originally called Via Balneare, because it was the junction point between the town center and the sea. Viale Bovio is the result of a renovation and redevelopment intervention. It was a street of historic villas (like the enormous Villa Aboaf) and the coffee trade.
Santa Croce Gallery
The small building, born as the church of the ancient hospital, represents one of the interesting structures of the ancient center of Cattolica.
For centuries it was an important place of worship and point of reference for the entire Catholic community until, during the 19th century, it was deconsecrated and transformed. In 1980 an important restoration. Since the oratory of Santa Croce became part of the heritage of the Municipality of Cattolica, it has become an exhibition space and art gallery, and since the 1980s temporary exhibitions have been hosted there with particular attention to contemporary art.
Zacconi Theatre
The small building, born as the church of the ancient hospital, represents one of the The Zacconi Theater was built in 1924. It took its name from Ermete Zacconi, a very famous actor. It was located in via Mancini, then via Piave. Close to Piazza Nettuno.
The theater for free, as a voluntary service to the city. For the kids it was also an opportunity to see the shows.
Rocca Malatestiana
Rocca Malatestiana 1490 and 1491, and was built by the Lombards during the rule of Pandolfo Malatesta. It controlled the Via Flaminia and also the entire coast. From the beginning, given its central position, it had the purpose of defending the town from probable landings of Turks and pirates on the coast, but also of controlling clandestine maritime mercantile activities. Today the fortress is private but remains visible from the outside, both from the side of via Mazzini and via Pascoli. The municipality of Cattolica would have liked to have this location, but it was not granted because the shopping center would have moved.
Paparoni Gallery
The gallery called “Gallerie Paparoni” whose name derives from that of the owners of the building in which they are located in the historic center of Cattolica.The gallery, architecturally relevant, is characterized by the long comb-shaped corridor with side niches presumably intended for wine barrels. The corridor ends with a room,
Underground and local archival materials intended for the conservation of foodstuffs. Therefore the apogees of Cattolica would have been born and would have been used as large underground warehouses to store food, cellars for wine and oil.
Archaeological investigations attest to this function of cellars or "cooling cells", they are an ancient tradition of taverns and hotels.
XX Settembre Street
The ancient Via XX Settembre, the central street, today Is
Mazzini street. Note on the right the church of San Pio, the cathedral of Cattolica, the main point of reference for the religious life of the city. The slope of the road is made up of the rubble of ancient houses. It is the road that leads to the town hall.
Church Saint Apollinare
it is a classic building, with a single nave, inserted in a row of buildings. The current construction dates back to 1782, and was designed by the Rimini master builder Gaetano Cupioli.
The entire structure is made of clay bricks. Inside there are works such as a Crucifixion from the end of the sixteenth century.
Malatestian Fortess
The imposing Rocca Malatestiana which stands out in the historic center of the city and observes the village from above, and was built by the Lombards during the rule of Pandolfo Malatesta. From the beginning, given its central position, it had the purpose of defending the town from probable landings of Turks and pirates on the coast, but also of controlling clandestine maritime mercantile activities..
Port Cattolica
already in 1500 it was thought to build the port in the area of the Vivare torrent.
This project was abandoned because it depended on Rimini and Pesaro. In the following centuries there were several projects but they were rejected, because Rimini and Pesaro did not want to lose their DOMINION.
At the beginning of the 19th century this part of Italy was under
FRENCH domination and there was hope in the construction of the port.
The port was built in the last decades of the 19th century because its importance for sailors was understood, since sailors did not work safely.
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History of Cattolica
Asia Santovito
Turism History
200 years since that summer of 1823, when Luciano Bonaparte, who was on holiday in Rimini, decided to move to Cattolica after an unfortunate episode that occurred in Rimini. The date attested by a document is the starting point of a story of bathing and seaside holidays. The Beaches of Cattlica organize a series of meetings with scholars and enthusiasts of the Genia Catulghina Association, in a calendar that follows a chronological and sentimental path starting from the beginning of the seaside activity.
Primo Maggio Square
Large square overlooking the sea has been the center of the tourist area since the end of the nineteenth century. The municipal Kursaal overlooked it, later replaced by the Grand Hotel designed by the architect Melchiorre Bega, now replaced by a tourist facility. In the center stands a fountain of exquisite workmanship with sculptures representing three mermaids, created by Giuseppe Casalini from Forlì in 1928.
Hotel Kursaal
The Hotel Kursaal in Cattolica is a historic building in the city. Born at the end of the 19th century on a project by the engineer Gaetano Urbani as a bathing establishment. The most important redevelopment project dates back to 1936 by the famous rationalist architect Melchiorre Bega. Today the Kursaal is divided into two parts, a historical one dating back to the 1920s and a modern one, built in the 1990s. Since the 1990s, in its restored version, it has become a 4-star hotel.
Villa Fulgida
in 1933 Mrs. Andreina Sormari with her brother Fausto decided to purchase Dr. Moris Vila, transforming it with great intuition into the Hotel Via Fulgida. The Hotel has hosted illustrious names, famous people and simple holidaymakers. While maintaining its structural and architectural characteristics unchanged, over the years the Villa has been expanded, modernized in the bedrooms, bathrooms and furnishings, equipping it with air conditioning and a lift.
Nettuno Square
Piazza Nettuno has recently been renovated and represents the ideal meeting point between the pedestrian areas of the two streets mentioned above. The port of Cattolica should have been built here, but this did not happen because otherwise the city would have been divided. The first Alessandrini hotel and the Zacconi theater were built in Piazza Nettuno.
Via Pascoli
Via Pascoli is home to the Pilgrims' Hospital, now home to the Queen's Museum, the fortress built at the end of the 1400s and the Church of S. Apollinare which dates back to the end of the 1200s. Ancient Via Flaminia, connected Rimini to Rome, used for the transport of goods or for pilgrimage.
Bovio Street
The city center Via Bovio, originally called Via Balneare, because it was the junction point between the town center and the sea. Viale Bovio is the result of a renovation and redevelopment intervention. It was a street of historic villas (like the enormous Villa Aboaf) and the coffee trade.
Santa Croce Gallery
The small building, born as the church of the ancient hospital, represents one of the interesting structures of the ancient center of Cattolica. For centuries it was an important place of worship and point of reference for the entire Catholic community until, during the 19th century, it was deconsecrated and transformed. In 1980 an important restoration. Since the oratory of Santa Croce became part of the heritage of the Municipality of Cattolica, it has become an exhibition space and art gallery, and since the 1980s temporary exhibitions have been hosted there with particular attention to contemporary art.
Zacconi Theatre
The small building, born as the church of the ancient hospital, represents one of the The Zacconi Theater was built in 1924. It took its name from Ermete Zacconi, a very famous actor. It was located in via Mancini, then via Piave. Close to Piazza Nettuno. The theater for free, as a voluntary service to the city. For the kids it was also an opportunity to see the shows.
Rocca Malatestiana
Rocca Malatestiana 1490 and 1491, and was built by the Lombards during the rule of Pandolfo Malatesta. It controlled the Via Flaminia and also the entire coast. From the beginning, given its central position, it had the purpose of defending the town from probable landings of Turks and pirates on the coast, but also of controlling clandestine maritime mercantile activities. Today the fortress is private but remains visible from the outside, both from the side of via Mazzini and via Pascoli. The municipality of Cattolica would have liked to have this location, but it was not granted because the shopping center would have moved.
Paparoni Gallery
The gallery called “Gallerie Paparoni” whose name derives from that of the owners of the building in which they are located in the historic center of Cattolica.The gallery, architecturally relevant, is characterized by the long comb-shaped corridor with side niches presumably intended for wine barrels. The corridor ends with a room, Underground and local archival materials intended for the conservation of foodstuffs. Therefore the apogees of Cattolica would have been born and would have been used as large underground warehouses to store food, cellars for wine and oil. Archaeological investigations attest to this function of cellars or "cooling cells", they are an ancient tradition of taverns and hotels.
XX Settembre Street
The ancient Via XX Settembre, the central street, today Is Mazzini street. Note on the right the church of San Pio, the cathedral of Cattolica, the main point of reference for the religious life of the city. The slope of the road is made up of the rubble of ancient houses. It is the road that leads to the town hall.
Church Saint Apollinare
it is a classic building, with a single nave, inserted in a row of buildings. The current construction dates back to 1782, and was designed by the Rimini master builder Gaetano Cupioli. The entire structure is made of clay bricks. Inside there are works such as a Crucifixion from the end of the sixteenth century.
Malatestian Fortess
The imposing Rocca Malatestiana which stands out in the historic center of the city and observes the village from above, and was built by the Lombards during the rule of Pandolfo Malatesta. From the beginning, given its central position, it had the purpose of defending the town from probable landings of Turks and pirates on the coast, but also of controlling clandestine maritime mercantile activities..
Port Cattolica
already in 1500 it was thought to build the port in the area of the Vivare torrent. This project was abandoned because it depended on Rimini and Pesaro. In the following centuries there were several projects but they were rejected, because Rimini and Pesaro did not want to lose their DOMINION. At the beginning of the 19th century this part of Italy was under FRENCH domination and there was hope in the construction of the port. The port was built in the last decades of the 19th century because its importance for sailors was understood, since sailors did not work safely.