GRADARA
Gradara vies as one of the most popular day-tripper destinations for the riviera package tourists. The imposing 14thC walls enclose the town with their battlements and bristling towers. The fortress which dominates the town was owned by the Malatesta family. It was here, according to tradition, that the murder of Francesca da Rimini and her lover Paolo, the lovers immortalised by Dante, took place in 1289.
Gradara vies as one of the most popular day-tripper destinations for the riviera package tourists. The imposing 14thC walls enclose the town with their battlements and bristling towers. The fortress which dominates the town was owned by the Malatesta family. It was here, according to tradition, that the murder of Francesca da Rimini and her lover Paolo, the lovers immortalised by Dante, took place in 1289.
