While Piazza Tre Martiri was the original heart of the city from its founding, and is the bigger square, Piazza Cavour became the centre of the city\u2019s commercial and political life in the early middle ages and remains hugely important in the city\u2019s social, political and commercial life.
\nThis was the original palatium Comunis where the city\u2019s Grand Council would meet.
\nThe square\u2019s importance started out with the building of the Palazzo dell\u2019Arengo between 1204 and 1207.. Piazza Cavour (or Campo del Comune as it was known, in the Venetian style) developed with the building of the Palazzo del Podest\u00e1 in 1330 and with the contsruction in the 1400s of the nearby Castel Sismondo, but the square really started to take its present shape and form from the 16th century onwards.
\nNowadays, the square is one of the social hubs of the city. Numerous bars and shops flank the square. In one side of the square, there are the historical buildings: Garampi Palace, Arengo Palace and Podest\u00e0 Palace.
\nIn the square there is still The Pigna fountain, that was constructed in its current form (a fountain here dates back to roman times) by Giovanni da Carrara in 1543.
\nIn the centre of the square there is still the statue of Pope Paul V, built in 1614 \u2013 a reminder that for much of its history Rimini fell directly under the control of the Papacy.
\nThe Forum is also dominated by the memory of Julius Caesar, evoked by two modern signs: the statue in bronze and the stone milestone at the head of via IV Novembre. According to tradition (but never confirmed in any report written by the general himself) he would harangue his army in the very Forum of Ariminum following the passage of the Rubicon, in 49 BD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12489,"template":"","poi_category":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n