Welcoming visitors to Piazza San Martino, at the Fulgor Palace entrance is a large sculpture in jesmonite depicting the rhino protagonist of some of the most powerful and evocative scenes in Fellini’s imaginative movie “E la nave va” (And the Ship Sails On), now the symbol of the entire museum centre. A lighter version of the rhino has taken the role of ambassador for the Fellini Museum by participating in a Grand Tour of Italy: at the beginning of September 2022, “Rina” – as the rhino has been nicknamed by the media following her on all her travels – was in Venice for the Film Festival, where she took part in the Regata Storica parade on the Grand Canal and then landed on the red carpet of the Venice Lido. Afterwards, the rhino participated in the sixteenth edition of the Rome Film Festival, where she stood in the Hanging Gardens of the Parco della Musica Auditorium, in the green area between the Petrassi and Sinopoli halls. Now Rina is back in Rimini, in the splendid setting of the Grand Hotel garden.
