13. From Bologna to Rimini, Falconara
(Rome), and Ancona.
126½ M. Railway, express in 4½ hrs. (24 fr. 50, 17 fr. 15, 11 fr. 5 c.);
ordinary train in 5¼-8 hrs. (23 fr. 70, 16 fr. 60, 10 fr. 65 c.). — From Bo-
logna to Rome, 300 M., express in 12 hrs. (viâ Florence in 9-10 hrs.).
This train diverges to the S.W. at Falconara, the last station before Ancona.
The towns on the coast of the Adriatic are far inferior in attraction
to those in Tuscany and Umbria; but without a visit to them the trav-
eller's acquaintance with Italy would be but imperfect. The views of
the Adriatic to the E., and of the Apennines to the W. are often charm-
ing, and the situation of some of the towns, especially San Marino,
Ancona, and Recanati, is strikingly beautiful. Rimini, an ancient Roman
colony and frontier-fortress, possesses several fine monuments of anti-
quity, and its church of San Francesco is an admirable Renaissance work.
Loreto boasts of valuable sculptures in the Renaissance style. Urbino,
the birthplace of Raphael, with a famous ducal palace, may also be
reached by railway. Many of the towns now have galleries of pictures,
but of second-rate importance. The provinces of Pesaro-Urbino, Ancona,
Macerata, and Ascoli are called the Marches ( Le Marche; comp. p. 2).
In Roman times the S. part as far as Ancona was called Picenum, while
the N. part belonged to Umbria (comp. 124).
The line follows the ancient Via Æmilia, which ran from
Placentia to Ariminum. — From Bologna viâ (21½ M.) Imŏla to
(26 M.) Castel Bolognese, junction for the branch-line to Ravenna,
see Baedeker's Northern Italy.
We then cross the river Senio, the ancient Sinnius.
31 M. Faenza. — Hôtel Corona (Pl. a; D, 3), Corso Aurelio Saffi,
with trattoria, 40 R. at 1-2 fr., good; Vittoria (Pl. b; D, 2), Corso
Garibaldi 71, R. 1½-2, fr.; Posta, Via Pescheria 9. — Railway Restaurant.
— Cafés in the Piazza Vitt. Emanuele Secondo (Pl. C, D, 3) and the
adjoining Piazza Umberto Primo. — Cab from the station to the town,
with one horse 1, with two horses 1½ fr.; one-horse cab per hr. 1 fr. 70,
each additiona l½ hr. 85 c. — Omnibus from the station to the town 10 c.
— Post & Telegraph Office (Pl. D, 2), Piazza Umberto Primo. — About
2-3 hrs. are sufficient for a hasty visit to the town.
Faenza (115 ft.), a pleasant town with 13,319 inhab., on the
Lamone (ancient Anemo), is the Faventia of the Celtic Boii, who
were conquered by the Romansn in 191 B.C. Faventia was the
scene of Sulla's victory over the consul Gn. Papirius Carbo in 82 B.C.,
during the civil war. In the middle ages it witnessed numerous
feuds, and in 1509 it was annexed by Julius II. to the States of
the Church. The town was famous in the 15-16th cent. for its pot-
tery, the manufacture of which has lately been revived ('fayence').
From the railway-station (beyond Pl. C, 1) we follow the Corso
Alfredo Baccarini, which ends, 5 min. inside the Barriera Firenze,
at the Corso Giuseppe Mazzini (Pl. B, C, 1, 2). Following the latter
to the left we reach the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Secondo
(Pl. C, D, 3), which is surrounded by arcades. In this square, to
the left, is the Cathedral of San Pietro, a handsome early-
Renaissance basilica, begun by Giuliano da Maiano of Florence
in 1474 and completed in 1513. The façade is unfinished.