San Clemente Historic Center

The village of San Clemente dates back to the Malatesta era and its origins are still clearly visible today. The walls enclose, as in the past, the heart of the historic center and the complex known as Castelleale. It is one of the rare examples remaining in the Rimini area of a building that is both a large farm and a fortified villa, built in 1388 by Leale Malatesta, bishop of Rimini.

The town has a characteristic medieval aspect, but different from the other towns in the hinterland of the province of Rimini. In the times of the Malatesta noble family, the area was not very contested and so it was not necessary to make a fortress out of the village. Among the sights of the municipality is the central church that can be seen in the photo, the historic center and Piazza Mazzini. In the districts of Agello and Castelleale there are some country houses and farms that have a medieval character and were built in the 14th century, such as the Fattoria fortificata di Castelleale.