Team

Discover Rimini is an initiative conceived and founded by Michela Cesarini

Michela CesariniMichela Cesarini
is an art historian and has been collaborating with the Municipal Museums of Rimini since 1997 for the classification of the art heritage and in the field of didactics. An expert on local art, she has devised itineraries designed to promote the works of art in the Municipal Museum of Rimini and the city’s monuments. These include Art and Faith in the Churches of Rimini, in collaboration with the Diocese of Rimini, and Learn Art, a refresher course for teachers now celebrating its 9th edition. She has organized exhibitions and has published numerous essays on local art in monographs and specialist reviews. She collaborates with the periodical “Ariminum” and the newspaper “Resto del Carlino”, writing articles on cultural themes.
She has an arts degree from the University of Florence, where she followed a historical-artistic course of study, a post-graduate degree in General Didactics from the University of Rome 3 and a specialization in Artistic and Historical Heritage from the University of Bologna. She has taught art history at high school since 2000 and is trained and qualified to work as a tour guide for the Region of Emilia-Romagna.

Other collaborators:

Patrizia AlunniPatrizia Alunni
is an art historian who has been collaborating since 2001 with the Municipal Museums of Rimini, where she holds lessons and accompanies guided visits, particularly concerning the mediaeval and modern eras. She deals with didactics and organizes historical-artistic projects and workshops. She has also collaborated with the Visual Arts Department of the University of Bologna and with the Monuments and Fine Arts Offices of Bologna, Modena and Reggio Emilia.
With a degree and specialization in mediaeval and modern art history from the University of Bologna, she is trained and qualified to teach art history.

Lorenza AngeliniLorenza Angelini
is an art historian who collaborates with the Municipal Museums of Rimini in the field of didactics, organizing workshops in artistic techniques in particular. She is also involved in research in the field of local mediaeval sculpture. She has taught art history at high school since 2003.
She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Ravenna and has a degree in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, as well as a master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Didactics from the University of Ferrara.

Marina Della PasquaMarina Della Pasqua
is an archaeologist who has been working as a museum guide in the Province of Rimini since 1998. She collaborated in the layout for the MUSAS museum in Santarcangelo di Romagna and with the Municipal Museums of Rimini for the layout of the new archaeological sections. She has taken part in numerous archaeological digs and deals with architectural didactics for the Municipal Museums of Rimini and the Territorial Museum in Riccione. She has a degree in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage with a course that concentrated on archaeology. Indeed her academic career has always focused on archaeology and material culture.

Monia MagalottiMonia Magalotti
is a tour guide. She is qualified to work in the Emilia-Romagna region and has been active since 2003. She speaks English, French and German. She collaborates with the Municipal Museums of Rimini and since 1996 has led guided visits to important archaeological exhibitions, on more than one occasion, also translating the didactic apparatus.
She has a first-class degree in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, with a course focusing on archaeology and a thesis on the early-Christian cathedral of Rimini. She has taken part in several archaeological digs and has frequented a vocational training course held by the Department of Archaeology and Art History at the University of Siena.