Staying at nothing but the best, this time at the Grand Hotel Rimini. We took a walk around the beach which was just across the street from our hotel.
Next we walked to Augustus´ Gate (Arco d'Augusto). Augustus´ Gate was built in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus in 27 BC. It is the oldest surviving Roman gate. Augustus´ Gate stood at the junction between the towns of Rimini and Rome. The gate was a part of the fortifications of the city and served as the entrance to the city. In the 19th century fortifications were demolished.
We also walked to the Tiberius Bridge. As the inscription on the internal parapets recalls, the bridge over the Marecchia River, then known as Ariminus, began under Augustus in 14 AD and was completed under Tiberius in 21. The bridge still connects the city centre to Borgo San Giuliano and leads to the consular roads Via Emilia and Via Popilia that lead north. Built in Istria stone, the bridge consists of five arches that rest on massive pillars with breakwater spurs set at an oblique angle with respect to the bridge’s axis in order to follow the current. The bridge’s structure on the other hand, rests on a practical system of wooden poles.