Visit Rimini

free tourist information and news

Iron Lion in Rimini


In the 1920’s and ’30s special summer camps – colonie were built along the coast, by the fascist authorities, where children would be sent for the summer, to enjoy the sea air, live a healthy life, and get a healthy dose of Fascist propaganda.

You have to chuckle then, passing by the ruins of one such colonia, Murri, in Bellariva, to see a beautiful bit of street art, in the form of the Lion of Judah – the universal symbol of Rastafarianism, painted on the wooden fences outside.

Iron Lion in Zion - actually in Rimini




Sign up for the Visit-Rimini Newsletter for news updates, event guides and special offers!


More Rimini Photos

  • Montescudo clock tower - from the 14th century
  • panigaccio - rimini street food
  • Celebrating the Festa de'Borg 2014, on the Ponte di Tiberio
  • Sunset on San Giuliano Mare's Beachfront, Rimini
  • Rimini's Grattacielo, seen from the port canal
  • Piazza Tre Martiri's clock tower - la torre dell'Orologio
  • Rimini's La Notte Rosa
  • Dawn over Rimini's beachfront
  • fritto misto di pesce adriatico
  • preparations for the 2015 Notte Rosa
  • The Rimini Kids' flea market
  • Rimini's Corso d'Augusto - one of the main shopping streets
  • A view from the hills of Covignano
  • One of the many murals you'll see in Borgo San Giuliano - this one depicting the pier to Rock Island
  • Gelsomina Mural - Piazzetta Gabena, Borgo San Giuliano, Rimini
  • Fishing on Rimini's Pier at Sunset