BOROUGHS OF RIMINI

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The Boroughs of Rimini

During the Middle Ages the city of Rimini and its territory was divided into boroughs, called borghi or rioni. The four boroughs of the city of Rimini, named borghi interni, were borgo di Santa Colomba, borgo Pomposo, borgo di S. Andrea and borgo del Mare. In borgo di Santa Colomba – the heart of the city afterwards called Cittadella – stood very important buildings, as the Cathedral dedicated to St Columba, the Town Halls, the Malatesta dwelling-place, the synagogue with the Jewish quarter, and seven churches. In borgo Pomposo, situated near the Arch of Augustus and later on called rione Pataro, among fields and kitchen-gardens stood nine churches and several monasteries of  which the Monastery of the Franciscans, who settled in 1257 in the Monastery previously of the Benedictines from Pomposa, was the most important. In the popular borgo di S. Andrea, later on called Montecavallo, stood three churches, while in borgo del Mare, afterwards named Clodio, stood five. The four borghi esterni were located outside the Malatesta boundary walls, which were built about the mid-thirteenth century and later restored. Borgo San Giuliano, the most ancient of the four borghi esterni, was peopled mostly by sailors. Also borgo della Marina, which down the centuries extended its area as far as the Convent of the Celestines, afterwards turned into San Nicolò Church, was bound to the harbour activities. Many tanners and artisans peopled instead borgo di San Giovanni, also called borgo di S. Gaudenzo or borgo di S. Genisio. In 1469 borgo di San Giovanni burst into flames, being completely brought to ruin. The same happened to borgo di S. Andrea, which, in ancient times, was located near the present-day Via Garibaldi.