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
Clare of Rimini was mainly through the exertions of Clare that they were able to obtain a convent and means of sustenance at Rimini. Later, Clare herself entered the order of Poor Clares nuns, along with several other pious women, and became superioress of the convent of Our Lady of the Angels at Rimini. She is believed to have worked numerous miracles and towards the close of her life to have been favored in an extraordinary manner with the gift of contemplation. Her body is now in the cathedral of Rimini. In 1784 the cult of Blessed Clare was approved by Pope Pius