The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as other lands and towns in Romagna and holding high positions in the government of cities in present-day Tuscany, Lombardy and Marche. The dynasty is considered among the most important and influential of the Late Middle Ages. In the period of maximum influence, they extended their domains along the Marche coast, up to Ascoli Piceno, Senigallia, Sansepolcro and Citerna, and to the north, on the territories of Bergamo and Brescia.
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), by Piero della Francesca
Palazzo dell'Arengo, Rimini
Rimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Clockwise from top left: view of Adriatic Sea and backyard in Rimini; view of Rimini Beach in the Lungomare area; Rimini theatre and Pope Paul V in Cavour Square; Tiberius Bridge, main monuments: Tiberius Bridge and Arch of Augustus; Arch of Augustus; and Malatesta Temple
Rimini's ancient harbour, portrayed in the mosaic of the boats from the domus of Palazzo Diotallevi
Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta called the Wolf of Rimini, by Piero della Francesca, c. 1450, Louvre
View of Rimini, engraving by Georg Braun (1572)
