RICCIONE SPARITA
If you are a true lover of Riccione you cannot know its history.
October 19, 2022 is the year in which the Municipality of Riccione will celebrate 100 years of autonomy.
Riccione has a very ancient history, even there are documents that testify (the finds are kept in the museum of the territory) the human presence since prehistoric times.
By the mid-19th century, information on the benefits of bathing in the sea had already spread and slowly the culture of holidays was spreading more and more among the wealthiest social classes.
At the time Riccione did not yet have a civic history, as it lacked its own identity, it was a small settlement, which economically and administratively depended on Rimini.
With the birth of the railways in 1861 and the stop in RICCIONE in 1865, thanks to Don Carlo Tonini, the first scrofulous children arrived in Riccione.
Who are the "Scrofulous" children and how did they get to Riccione?
The first to understand the healthiness of the sea for children was Don Carlo Tonini.
In the second half of the 19th century, medicine discovered the benefits of the marine climate on scrofulosis, a tuberculous disease that affected children living in unhealthy environments and with poor nutritional regimes.
Initially the children were hosted by families who lived in the old town.
And it was from here that Riccione's success began.
One of the pioneers of Riccione's tourism development was Count Martinelli. His dream was to create Riccione a place of high society with large and beautiful villas surrounded by greenery and close to the beach.
This first experience of health tourism was a great success to the point that within a year the Amati-Martinelli hospice opened and the following year Romagnolo.
Riccione was initially called "Arcione" and its most famous street, which today we all call Viale Ceccarini was called Viale Viola.
The avenue was renamed "Viale Maria Ceccarini" 11 October 1911 honor of the wife of Dr. Giovanni Ceccarini, Maria Boorman Ceccarini,
Maria Boorman Ceccarini was a great benefactress for Riccione and the whole province; she took care of the lighting, contributed to the construction of the port, built the access road to the landing place and distributed 300 soups a day for years to counteract the poverty that was causing Riccione as much as possible.