Rimini

American  

[rim-uh-nee, ree-mee-nee] / ˈrɪm ə ni, ˈri mi ni /

noun

1. Francesca da. Francesca da Rimini.

2. Ancient Ariminum.  a seaport in northeastern Italy, on the Adriatic.

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Rimini British  

/ ˈrɪmɪnɪ /

noun

1. Ancient name: Ariminum.  a port and resort in NE Italy, in Emilia-Romagna on the N Adriatic coast. Pop: 128 656 (2001)

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Example Sentences

His will requested its installation in a small funerary chapel, but it was placed in the church of San Francesco, known as the Tempio Malatestiano, Leon Battista Alberti’s unfinished reconstruction of Rimini’s Gothic cathedral.

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In 1924, it was placed in Rimini’s new art museum.

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In 1990, after almost five decades of shuttling among temporary locations, the painting was finally installed in Rimini’s new Museo della Città, a renovated Jesuit convent.

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The Rimini “Pietà” embodies everything we associate with the Renaissance: attention to the particulars of the world around us and appreciation for the art of the classical past.

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A first impression of the Rimini “Pietà” is of eloquent simplicity, but the more time we spend with the painting, the more complexities and nuances we notice.

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