Interesting Facts About San Marino: San Marino castle. Photo by Vlad Ivanov
Interesting Facts About San Marino. San Marino is a micro state in the Southern Europe. San Marino is enclave – its territory is surrounded by the territory of Italy. The official name of the country is the Republic of San Marino (Italian: Repubblica di San Marino), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino).
The capital of San Marino is the City of San Marino. The largest city is Dogana.
Interesting Facts About San Marino: Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Photo by Giorgio Minguzzi
1. Despite the very modest size of the country, its residents earn in a year on 40% more than the residents of neighboring Italy.
2. San Marino is one of the few countries in the World, that do not have public debt.
Interesting Facts About San Marino: San Marino City, San Marino. Photo by Giorgio Minguzzi
3. San Marino is the paradise for people, who like to attend Museums. Everything is here: antique cars, wax figures, all sorts of curiosities and oddities. What to say about the giant collection of weapons, and about artifacts which are exhibited in every shop.
4. San Marino is a small, but beautiful and proud country.
The route Rimini – San Marino is famous for the fact, that welcomes the tourists with excellent white gate, the inscription on which inform travelers about arrival to the «Land of freedom».
Interesting Facts About San Marino: View from the second tower towards the third tower. Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Photo by Gunnar Grimnes
5. The population of San Marino is only 32 thousand inhabitants, whose average age is 39.6 years. With more than a third of people (about 13 thousand) live outside the country, mainly in the European countries.
6. During the Second World War the government of San Marino declared neutrality, but it took more than 100 thousand refugees (it is in many times greater than the population of the country).
Interesting Facts About San Marino: San Marino City. Photo by Rob
7. The economy of San Marino is based on the banking, insurance, trade, services and construction. However, about a quarter of the annual budget is income from the sale of the postage stamps.
8. San Marino has its own chronology. Nowadays, San Marino is living in the beginning of XVIII century, since the foundation of the state.
9. The name of the country derives from the name of a Christian Saint. It is believed, that Saint Marinus was a hired mason hails from the island of Rab (Croatia). Christians believe, that he was forced to flee from persecution and settled on the mountain of Monte Titano (the highest point of San Marino). According to the legend, the last words before his death in 366 year were: «I Leave you free from this and from other person».
Interesting Facts About San Marino: Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Photo by Giorgio Minguzzi
10. September 3, is the feast day of Saint Marina, considered the day of the Foundation of the country. That’s why San Marino is the oldest of the existing republics in the Europe. It is considered that the country was founded on 3 September 301.
11. The Constitution of San Marino was adopted in 1600. This constitution is considered the oldest in the world. It is still in use for today.
Interesting Facts About San Marino: Statua di San Marino. Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Photo by Giorgio Minguzzi
12. San Marino is a mountainous state. On top of the mount Titano there are 3 towers – Guaita, Montale and Cesta. These towers surrounding medieval buildings are the part of the cultural heritage of humanity, as «the evidence of the establishment of democracy.»
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