We had an amazing weekend at the 2014 Festa de’ Borg in Rimini’s Borgo San Giuliano – one of the best loved local festivals, held every two years. This year’s festival was, like all the others, full of imagination, creativity, and enthusiasm – turning an already beautiful and picturesque area of the city into something […]
One of the highlights of the 2014 Festa de’ Borg, was the beautiful way the Parco Marecchia was lit – where, for example, the symphony orchestra Rossini and the A.Galli choir performed.
Over 40,000 people poured into Borgo San giuliano at the weekend for the 2014 Festa de’Borg – a huge success. The festival was opened with a parade from Piazza Cavour to the Borgo, over the Ponte di Tiberio – with actors from various epochs of the bridge’s history. In this photo you can see a slice of the ‘italian economic boom’ of the ’50s and ’60s.
Rimini’s Ponte di Tiberio wrapped up as part of the preparations for the 2014 Festa de’Borg
Another beautiful mural on the walls of Borgo San Giuliano in Rimini. The murals have been painted over the years for the biennial Festa de’Borg.
The Beautiful mural of Gelsomina – from La Strada (played by Federico Fellini’s wife Giulietta Massini) grabs your attention in PIazzetta Gabena, in the Borgo San Giuliano. The mural is just one of many painted for the biennial Festa de Borg
Ponte di Tiberio Tien Bota is the title of the 2014 Festa de Borg. Literally Tien Botta can be translated in this context as ‘stand firm, stand proud’, celebrating the 2000 year old Ponte di Tiberio which connects the Centro Storico to Borgo San Giuliano and vice versa.
Via Marecchia is one of the entry points into the Borgo, and is at this point wider than most of the other streets in the Borgo.
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Borgo San Giuliano has dozens of wonderful murals – this one, in via forzieri, depicts the legendary locale Rock Island, at the end of the pier by Rimini’s port.
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