 In 1527 Sigismondo managed to regain the city, but in the following year the Malatesta dominion died forever.At the beginning of the 16th century, Rimini, now a secondary town of the Papal States, was ruled by an Apostolic Legate.Towards the end of the 16th century, the municipal square (now Piazza Cavour), which had been closed off on a site where the Poletti Theatre was subsequently built, was redesigned.