Italia in miniatura, Miniature park in Viserbella, Rimini, Italy
Italia in Miniatura is a miniature park in Viserbella, Rimini, covering 85,000 m². Its central area holds 273 polyurethane models of Italian monuments, churches, palaces and squares at scales of 1:25, 1:33 and 1:50, set among hills, rivers and lakes with over 5,000 real miniature trees. A smaller section shows twenty monuments from thirteen European countries.
The park opened in 1970 and was created using hundreds of photographs of Italian monuments to ensure the models were accurate reproductions. The project grew from a desire to bring Italy's architectural diversity together in a single location.
The Venice sector reproduces 119 buildings at 1:5 scale over 6,600 m², with St Mark's Campanile standing 20 metres tall; it took nine years to build. Visitors ride a gondola along the miniature Grand Canal with an audio guide voiced as Giacomo Casanova. The park's mascot is Emme, a green alien studying Italy, also drawn in the comic strips The M-Files.
The park is open from March to early November and closes in winter. It lies on the SS16 state road between Rimini and Ravenna, on the route of the ancient Via Popilia, in the Viserbella district. On some summer evenings it stays open late with live shows in Piazza Italia. The grounds cover 85,000 m², so allow time to walk between the model areas.
Buttons let visitors trigger scenes: a performance of Verdi's Aida at the Verona Arena, a fire at Porto Marghera and the opening of the Ponte Girevole swing bridge. The park also keeps a 1:3 model of Rimini's Castel Sismondo, Cannonacqua, whose 32 water cannons fire across its 1,600 square metres.
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