Piazza Tre Martiri

Considered the midpoint of the historic centre of Rimini, this square is home to numerous features that, together, tell the story of the city. On one side stands the statue of Julius Caesar, marking Rimini's importance as a Roman city; the Clock Tower, whose face also shows the phases of the moon, the zodiac signs and the planets, symbols also found in the Tempio Malatestiano; the war memorial to those who fell in the Second World War; and the Renaissance sun-shaped paving that echoes the design found in the Tempio Malatestiano and on the square's clock face.

Good to know

• The  square's name is linked to events of the Second World War. The Tre Martiri (Three Martyrs) were Mario Capelli, Luigi Nicolò and Adelio Pagliarani, three young partisans who  took an active part in the Resistance. The square was renamed in 1946; before that it was called Piazza Giulio Cesare.
• One of the city's two large Christmas trees is put up here.
• On one side of the square, to the right of the clock, stands the small octagonal Tempietto di Sant'Antonio, built in the 16th century. It is linked to the legend of the mule that knelt at the feet of Saint Anthony of Padua as he was handing out communion wafers to passers-by in the square.
• The monument to Julius Caesar is a copy of a Roman original. Beside the statue stands a 16th-century milestone bearing the speech Julius Caesar gave to his legions after crossing the Rubicon.