Rimini museums

The building that today houses the Museum, adjacent the church built by Jesuits between 1719 and 1740 in honor of St. Francis Xavier, was arisen between 1746 and 1755 on project of architect Alfonso Torregiani (1682-1764) as "college" of the Jesuits.

The planimetric shape of the complex design follows a typical Jesuit architecture: a body shaped like a U on the side of the church, with a corridor that runs on three internal sides  allowing access to all rooms.

In 1773, with the abolition of the Jesuits order, the "College" went to the Episcopal seminary  that was sold in 1796 to Dominicans: also this order was revoked a few months later.

From 1797 to 1977 was used as a hospital, first military and then civil, suffering many functional transformations.

The bombing of the last war has seriously damaged the entire structure. The restoration, conducted by the architect Pier Luigi Foschi, has again led to the suggestion of the ancient spaces, today used in exhibition halls of the Museum of the city.