San Marino Guide

Monte Titano

sanmarinoguide — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:30:25 +0000

Monte Titano – the highest peak of San Marino wyskości about 749 m above sea level

It is located at the castle, which built the holy Marinus

In 2008 Monte Titano has been with the historical center of San Marino added to the list of world heritage by UNESCO.

San Marińska Christian Democratic Party

sanmarinoguide — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:35:51 +0000

San Marińska Christian Democratic Party, incl democratic Party Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS – a political party founded in San Marino on April 9, 1948 Its leader is Giovanni Lonfernini. In elections in 2006 won 32.9% and 21, won 60 seats.

Background

sanmarinoguide — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:35:25 +0000

San Marino consists essentially of some settlements, around the mountains around are distributed. The eponymous capital, San Marino is located on a hill. It is surrounded by a wall and three towers, of which we take a look at the rest of the country can throw surrounded.

Geography

sanmarinoguide — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:23:38 +0000

San Marino is an enclave in Italy, on the border between the regioni of Emilia Romagna and Marche. Its topography is dominated by the Apennines mountain range, and it has a rugged terrain. The highest point in the country, Monte Titano, is situated at 749 metres (2,457 ft) above sea level. There are no bodies of water of any significant size. San Marino is the third-smallest country in Europe, with only Vatican City and Monaco smaller.

La Rocca

sanmarinoguide — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:40 +0000

The austere La Rocca, also known as the Guaita, or First Tower, is the oldest of the three defensive towers that overlook the city. Dating back to the 11th century, it was given a few licks and spits in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure was chipped straight out of the stone surface without recourse to foundations, and promptly pressed into service as a guard tower and refuge post.

The entrance of the pentagonal structure displays the republic’s baroque coat of arms, purloined from the Palazzo Publico. It also has a picture-book bell tower (as every fortress should) and, built a few years after the bell tower, a tower of penance – which always comes in handy when you’re talking medieval punishment. Up until 1970 the Rocca was still a working prison, but these days tourists are free to roam unhindered around most of the fortress.

When to Go

sanmarinoguide — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:44 +0000

The best period to visit is April to June. The weather is sunny without being stifling, the countryside bursts with spring flowers, and the flood of summer tourism, largely dictated by school holidays, has yet to crash over the peninsula. Most Italians hit the road in July and August, so those two months – in which prices soar, tempers flare and the country broils – are best avoided.

If you’re looking for something a little extra while you’re there, you might want to coincide your visit with the ‘Medieval Days with Antique Crossbow Competition’, because, really, what’s a castle and three fortresses without a crossbow or two. Failing that you could wait till 3 September when the San Marinese brush off the crossbows again to celebrate National Independence Day.

Dogana

sanmarinoguide — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:05:56 +0000

Dogana is a town in the north-eastern corner of San Marino in the Serravalle municipality. It has a population of roughly 7,000. Due to its size, it has asked to split away from Serravalle and become its own castello. This is represented in that Dogana has its own postal code (47891), while the rest of Serravalle is 47899.

Dogana is the main entry point for travellers arriving into San Marino from Italy (by Highway No. 72 from Rimini). Although Dogana means customs house in Italian, there are of course no border formalities anywhere on the border between Italy and San Marino, so the motorists may stop in Dogana only to shop at one of its shopping malls.

The Most Serene Republic of San Marino

sanmarinoguide — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:03:47 +0000

The Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino) is a country in the Apennine Mountains. It is a landlocked enclave, completely surrounded by Italy. One of the European microstates, San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of Europe.

San Marino claims to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world and that it was founded on 3 September 301 by Marinus of Rab, a Christian stonemason fleeing the religious persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. San Marino’s constitution, dating back to 1600, is the world’s oldest written constitution still in effect