 In the late 1880s, politician and visionary Sebastiano Amati conceived the development of the coastal region between Rimini and Riccione.In addition to the expansion of roads and the railroad in both town centers, he envisioned that Rimini and Riccione would be connected by a new road along the coast and new hotels would be built.Construction of this road began in the early 1900s, and by 1907, interest in expansion independently from Rimini grew.