Riccione Championships. Riccione is linked with the nearby city of Rimini by the Rimini–Riccione trolleybus line and it is linked to the main cities by train, to Bologna (northbound) and to Ancona (southbound). The nearest airport is the Federico Fellini Airport in Miramare di Rimini, which is only a couple of kilometres () from Riccione. Federico Fellini Airport links Riccione to the main European cities. Riccione Riccione (; ) is a "comune" in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. Riccione had an estimated population of 34,868. The oldest archaeological findings in Riccione's area date to the 2nd century BC, although
Battle of Rimini (1944) Battle of Rimini (1944) The Battle of Rimini took place between 13 and 21 September 1944 during Operation "Olive", the main Allied offensive on the Gothic Line in August and September 1944, part of the Italian Campaign in the Second World War. Rimini, a town on the Adriatic coast of Italy, anchored the Rimini Line, a German defensive line which was the third such line forming the Gothic Line defences. Rimini, which had been hit previously by air raids, had 1,470,000 rounds fired against it by allied land forces. On 23 August 1944 the Eighth Army launched Operation "Olive", attacking