Santarcangelo di Romagna - Italy

Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN)

Emilia Romagna (Italy)

Santarcangelo is a beautiful and important city, which has succeeded in maintaining a particular character and a strong link with their past and their traditions.
All the old town is alive, made ??up of houses and buildings well maintained, excellent restaurants and taverns, narrow streets leading to more animated squares.
The atmosphere is that of a large village that wants to live with the rhythms right, attentive to his appearance: Guests receive immediately a strong city identity and Romagna.
Santarcangelo is developed in Roman times.
Historians say that the first settlement took place after the formation of nearby Rimini, around 268 BC.
His campaigns were marked by the work of land division of the territory of Rimini.
The construction of the great Via Emilia, which now runs through the city, already favored at that time the trade and the increase of population.
The heart of the ancient town lies on a gentle hill called Colle Giove here is still very recognizable to the typical structure of the medieval fortified village.
The Middle Ages left an indelible imprint on the high lands of the old town, dominated by the solid Rock, strategic bulwark of the surrounding plain.
Already in the twelfth century there were fortifications around the town.
I Malatesta, who ruled the country since the XIII century, the castle made ??it even bigger and richer.
The role of primary importance to the country acquired from the Middle Ages and Renaissance was later consolidated, in 1700 and in 1800 the original village developed keeping an 'enviable urban harmony.
Noble parts and parts popular integrated themselves perfectly, giving rise to what today is definitely one of the historical centers not only larger but also more interesting and suggestive of Rimini.
In 1828 Santarcangelo is adorned by Pope Leo XII the title of City.
In 1984 Santarcangelo is attributed to the title of 'City of Art'.