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Italia in Miniatura
Italia in Miniatura (lit. 'Italy in Miniature') is a miniature park in Viserba, a frazione of Rimini in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
Opened on 4 July 1970, Italia in Miniatura is Italy's fourth-oldest theme park, and attracts 500,000 visitors per year. It features 273 polyurethane models over an outdoor area of 85,000 square metres (910,000 sq ft). As well as Italian monuments, the models include European landmarks and geographic features such as mountains and volcanoes. A 1:5 reproduction of 119 buildings in Venice can be traversed with a gondola ride along the Grand Canal. Other attractions include a driving school, a suspended monorail, interactive spaces dedicated to science education, a parrot aviary, hot air balloons, a log flume, and a Pinocchio-themed train ride.
The park is located on the SS16 state road between Rimini and Ravenna, on the ancient Via Popilia. It occasionally hosts evenings with late closing hours in the summer. The park is owned by Costa Edutainment SpA, who also own the Aquarium of Cattolica and the Aquafan water park in Riccione.
The miniature park was founded by Ivo Rambaldi, a plumber from Ravenna. After visiting Swissminiatur, a miniature park near Lugano, Switzerland, in 1968, Rambaldi was inspired to create an Italian counterpart; he documented his visit on film and began working on the park in his home garage with Sergio Fabbri, his brother-in-law and a modelmaker, and Paolo, his son and a student at an institute of surveyors. Rambaldi travelled 27,000 kilometres (17,000 mi) to visit and measure monuments, taking over 6,200 photographs. The first models were monuments from Ravenna: Tomb of Dante, the Capanno Garibaldi, and Sant'Apollinare in Classe, which Rambaldi modelled five times. As the project grew, the workshop moved to a warehouse of Rambaldi's elder brother, Anselmo, and reached sixteen craftsmen. The partners decided to site the park in Viserba for its convenience to the SS16 state road, having previously considered sites near the SS72 state road to San Marino and a site adjacent to the Misano World Circuit. The park cost 300 million lire to build.
Italia in Miniatura opened on 4 July 1970; its inauguration was notable for its rain. It was the fourth theme park to open in Italy after Perugia's Città della Domenica, Naples' Edenlandia (1965), and Fiabilandia (1966), also in Rimini. Local residents saw the attraction as part of the 1960s Americanisation of the seaside resort. At the time of its inauguration, it numbered between 49 and 61 models, many of monuments from Emilia-Romagna, over an outdoor area of 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft).
In May 2012, a Sammarinese association suggested that the park could move to a 300,000-square-metre (3,200,000 sq ft) state-owned agricultural area in Cinque Vie, citing the park's continued threat to relocate from Viserba given its difficulties in acquiring adjacent land.
In March 2014, Costa Edutainment SpA rented the park from the Rambaldi family, with the option to purchase the park after two years, in a deal valued at between €15 million and €16 million. Costa had already acquired the Aquarium of Cattolica in 2000 and Aquafan in Riccione in 2013. On 15 April 2015, the previous management company was declared bankrupt after accumulating liabilities exceeding €1.5 million. Its directors were investigated by the Guardia di Finanza for diverting over €500,000 away from creditors, and were acquitted by the Court of Forlì on 24 April 2019.
The park was renovated between 2018 and 2021, at a cost of €3 million, featuring new attractions Esperimenta, Pinocchio and Pappamondo, and a new entrance with fountains and a statue of a child that is 10 metres (33 ft) tall.
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Italia in Miniatura
Italia in Miniatura (lit. 'Italy in Miniature') is a miniature park in Viserba, a frazione of Rimini in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
Opened on 4 July 1970, Italia in Miniatura is Italy's fourth-oldest theme park, and attracts 500,000 visitors per year. It features 273 polyurethane models over an outdoor area of 85,000 square metres (910,000 sq ft). As well as Italian monuments, the models include European landmarks and geographic features such as mountains and volcanoes. A 1:5 reproduction of 119 buildings in Venice can be traversed with a gondola ride along the Grand Canal. Other attractions include a driving school, a suspended monorail, interactive spaces dedicated to science education, a parrot aviary, hot air balloons, a log flume, and a Pinocchio-themed train ride.
The park is located on the SS16 state road between Rimini and Ravenna, on the ancient Via Popilia. It occasionally hosts evenings with late closing hours in the summer. The park is owned by Costa Edutainment SpA, who also own the Aquarium of Cattolica and the Aquafan water park in Riccione.
The miniature park was founded by Ivo Rambaldi, a plumber from Ravenna. After visiting Swissminiatur, a miniature park near Lugano, Switzerland, in 1968, Rambaldi was inspired to create an Italian counterpart; he documented his visit on film and began working on the park in his home garage with Sergio Fabbri, his brother-in-law and a modelmaker, and Paolo, his son and a student at an institute of surveyors. Rambaldi travelled 27,000 kilometres (17,000 mi) to visit and measure monuments, taking over 6,200 photographs. The first models were monuments from Ravenna: Tomb of Dante, the Capanno Garibaldi, and Sant'Apollinare in Classe, which Rambaldi modelled five times. As the project grew, the workshop moved to a warehouse of Rambaldi's elder brother, Anselmo, and reached sixteen craftsmen. The partners decided to site the park in Viserba for its convenience to the SS16 state road, having previously considered sites near the SS72 state road to San Marino and a site adjacent to the Misano World Circuit. The park cost 300 million lire to build.
Italia in Miniatura opened on 4 July 1970; its inauguration was notable for its rain. It was the fourth theme park to open in Italy after Perugia's Città della Domenica, Naples' Edenlandia (1965), and Fiabilandia (1966), also in Rimini. Local residents saw the attraction as part of the 1960s Americanisation of the seaside resort. At the time of its inauguration, it numbered between 49 and 61 models, many of monuments from Emilia-Romagna, over an outdoor area of 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft).
In May 2012, a Sammarinese association suggested that the park could move to a 300,000-square-metre (3,200,000 sq ft) state-owned agricultural area in Cinque Vie, citing the park's continued threat to relocate from Viserba given its difficulties in acquiring adjacent land.
In March 2014, Costa Edutainment SpA rented the park from the Rambaldi family, with the option to purchase the park after two years, in a deal valued at between €15 million and €16 million. Costa had already acquired the Aquarium of Cattolica in 2000 and Aquafan in Riccione in 2013. On 15 April 2015, the previous management company was declared bankrupt after accumulating liabilities exceeding €1.5 million. Its directors were investigated by the Guardia di Finanza for diverting over €500,000 away from creditors, and were acquitted by the Court of Forlì on 24 April 2019.
The park was renovated between 2018 and 2021, at a cost of €3 million, featuring new attractions Esperimenta, Pinocchio and Pappamondo, and a new entrance with fountains and a statue of a child that is 10 metres (33 ft) tall.