July 2012 San Marino
While based in Rimini I took the local bus to the Republic of Sam Marino. Wonderful wee place with joyful streets that climb up the hill to the main square.
San Marino claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world, as the continuation of the monastic community founded on 3 September 301, by stonecutter Marinus of Arba. Legend has it that Marinus left Rab, then the Roman colony of Arba, in 257 when the future emperor, Diocletian, issued a decree calling for the reconstruction of the city walls of Rimini, which had been destroyed by Liburnian pirates.
While based in Rimini I took the local bus to the Republic of Sam Marino. Wonderful wee place with joyful streets that climb up the hill to the main square.
San Marino claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world, as the continuation of the monastic community founded on 3 September 301, by stonecutter Marinus of Arba. Legend has it that Marinus left Rab, then the Roman colony of Arba, in 257 when the future emperor, Diocletian, issued a decree calling for the reconstruction of the city walls of Rimini, which had been destroyed by Liburnian pirates.
We walked up to the castle. The two main towers of San Marino castle are Guaita and Cesta – Which are open to visitors.
People from San Marino are known as Sammarinesi .The official language is Italian and Roman Catholic is the religion.
People from San Marino are known as Sammarinesi .The official language is Italian and Roman Catholic is the religion.
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World War II, San Marino remained neutral, but it was the target of a British bombing raid in 1944 and was briefly occupied by both the Germans and the Allies later that year.
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