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Rimini

Castel Sismondo

Castel Sismondo is a castle in , , northern . Only the central nucleus of the structure remains. Since 2021, the castle is one of three sites of the Fellini Museum.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: castle in Rimini, Italy
  • Also known as: “Castel Sigismondo”, “Castello Sigismondo”, “Castello Sismondo”, “Malatesta Castle”, “Rocca Malatesta”, “Rocca Malatestiana (Rimini)”, “Sigismondo Castle”, and “Sismondo Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amintore Galli Theatre and Palazzo dell’Arengo.

Theater building
Photo: Aschroet, CC0.
The , formerly the New Municipal Theatre and the Victor Emmanuel II Theatre, is an opera house and theatre in , in the region of , Italy. is situated 120 metres northeast of Castel Sismondo.

Photo: RiminiCity, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 210 metres northeast of Castel Sismondo.

Church
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The is the unfinished cathedral church of , . Officially named for St. Francis, it takes the popular name from Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, who commissioned its reconstruction by the famous Renaissance theorist and architect Leon Battista Alberti around 1450. is situated 540 metres east of Castel Sismondo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Viserba and Rivazzurra.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Castel Sismondo.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Castel Sismondo.

Neighborhood
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, more commonly known simply as Miramare, is the southernmost suburb and frazione of the city of , . Situated on the Adriatic coast, the seaside resort lies 5 km southeast of Rimini's city centre and borders the municipality of . is situated 6 km southeast of Castel Sismondo.

Castel Sismondo

Latitude
44.05957° or 44° 3′ 34″ north
Longitude
12.56359° or 12° 33′ 49″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8FPJ3H57+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 223826361
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
10282635
Wiki­data ID
Q948080
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Russian—“Castel Sismondo” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castel Sismondo”. Photo: RiminiCity, CC BY-SA 3.0.