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Domagnano
Domagnano is a municipality in San Marino. It has 3,565 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 6.62 km2. Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Faetano, Borgo Maggiore, Serravalle and the Italian municipality Coriano. History Domagnano, previously known as Montelupo (mountain of wolves) after its coat of arms, was already colonized by Roman times and was first mentioned in c. 1300. It is located on Monte Titano and you can see the Adriatic Sea from here. The so-called Domagnano Treasure was found in the castle here in the late nineteenth century. It is now split between a number of museums, but the largest portions of the treasure are kept at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg and the British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum .... Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domagnano
Domagnano is a municipality in San Marino. It has 3,565 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 6.62 km2. Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Faetano, Borgo Maggiore, Serravalle and the Italian municipality Coriano. History Domagnano, previously known as Montelupo (mountain of wolves) after its coat of arms, was already colonized by Roman times and was first mentioned in c. 1300. It is located on Monte Titano and you can see the Adriatic Sea from here. The so-called Domagnano Treasure was found in the castle here in the late nineteenth century. It is now split between a number of museums, but the largest portions of the treasure are kept at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg and the British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum .... Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domagnano Treasure
The Domagnano Treasure is an important Ostrogothic hoard found at Domagnano, Republic of San Marino in the late nineteenth century. The treasure is now divided among various institutions, including the Louvre Abu Dhabi, although the bulk of the hoard is currently held by the British Museum in London and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. Discovery The treasure was apparently discovered in 1892–1893 at the Lagucci farm near Domagnano in the Republic of San Marino. The exact circumstances of its discovery remain unclear, but it is thought that the hoard was part of one or more graves. The Domagnano Treasure is largely composed of a set of jewellery from the 5th or 6th centuries that may have belonged to an Ostrogothic princess or noble lady of high rank. Description The Domagnano Treasure seems to have been made for a royal client as the purity of the precious metals used in its manufacture and the quality of the craftsmanship are very high. The design of some of the je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torraccia
Torraccia is a small village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Domagnano. Geography Torraccia is situated in the east of Domagnano, close to the borders with the Italian municipality of Coriano, in the Province of Rimini. It is principally crossed by two roads named ''Strada di Montelupo'' and ''Strada di Monte Olivo''. This one links the village to Domagnano, Fiorina and Serravalle. In the south of the village, in the locality of Montelupo, it is located the Torraccia airfield coordinates: ), the only airfield in San Marino. It is owned by the AeroClub San Marino (ACS). See also *Domagnano Domagnano is a municipality in San Marino. It has 3,565 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 6.62 km2. Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Faetano, Borgo Maggiore, Serravalle and the Italian municipality Coriano. History Doma ... * Cà Giannino * Fiorina * Piandivello * Spaccio Giannoni References Curazie i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorina (San Marino)
Fiorina is a curacy (it: ''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Domagnano and it is its most populated parish (''curazia''). Geography The village is situated in the north of Domagnano, close to the municipality of Serravalle. See also *Domagnano * Cà Giannino * Piandivello * Spaccio Giannoni *Torraccia Torraccia is a small village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Domagnano. Geography Torraccia is situated in the east of Domagnano, close to the borders with the Italian municipality of Coriano ... Curazie in San Marino Domagnano {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaccio Giannoni
Spaccio Giannoni is a small village (''curazia'') of San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Domagnano. See also *Domagnano * Cà Giannino * Fiorina * Piandivello *Torraccia Torraccia is a small village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Domagnano. Geography Torraccia is situated in the east of Domagnano, close to the borders with the Italian municipality of Coriano ... Curazie in San Marino Domagnano {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piandivello
Piandivello is a small village (''curazia'') of San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Domagnano. See also *Domagnano * Cà Giannino * Fiorina *Spaccio Giannoni *Torraccia Torraccia is a small village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Domagnano. Geography Torraccia is situated in the east of Domagnano, close to the borders with the Italian municipality of Coriano ... Curazie in San Marino Domagnano {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cà Giannino
Cà Giannino is a small village (''curazia'') of San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Domagnano. See also *Domagnano * Fiorina *Piandivello *Spaccio Giannoni *Torraccia Torraccia is a small village (''curazia'') located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality ('' castello'') of Domagnano. Geography Torraccia is situated in the east of Domagnano, close to the borders with the Italian municipality of Coriano ... Curazie in San Marino Domagnano {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.Among the national museums in London, sculpture and decorative and applied art are in the Victoria and Albert Museum; the British Museum houses earlier art, non-Western art, prints and drawings. The National Gallery holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at Tate Modern. Tate Britain holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the British Library. There are significant overlaps between the coverage of the various collections. The British Museum was the first public national museum to cover all fields of knowledge. The museum was established in 1753, largely b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of San Marino
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These are the 9 ''castelli'' (municipalities) of San Marino: Though it is one of the biggest towns of the Republic, Dogana is not an autonomous ''castello'' but belongs to the ''castello'' of Serravalle. Like Italian ''comuni'', the ''castelli'' of San Marino include a main town that is the seat of the castello, called the ''capoluogo'', and other settlements known as ''frazioni'' or ''curazie''. See also * ISO 3166-2:SM Municipalities San Marino, Municipalities San Marino 1 Municipalities, San Marino San Marino Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
The Germanisches National Museum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day. The Germanisches National Museum is Germany's largest museum of cultural history. Out of its total holding of some 1.3 million objects (including the holdings of the library and the Department of Prints and Drawings), approximately 25,000 are exhibited. The museum is situated in the south of the historic city center between Kornmarkt and Frauentormauer along the medieval city wall. Its entrance hall is situated on Kartäusergasse which was transformed by the Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan to the Way of Human Rights (german: Straße der Menschenrechte). Name, establishment, guiding principles The Germanisches Museum, as it was named initially, was founded by a group of individuals led by the Franconian baron Hans von und zu Aufsess, whose goal was to assemble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serravalle (San Marino)
Serravalle is a ''castello'' in northern San Marino. With a population of 10,878 inhabitants (of which 2,000 are of foreign origin) and an area of 10.53 km2, it is not only the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, but it also contains its largest settlement ( Dogana). Serravalle is located on the edge of the Apennine Mountains. Geography The town borders on Sammarinese municipalities of Domagnano and Borgo Maggiore and the Italian municipalities Verucchio, Rimini and Coriano. Serravalle counts a surrounding quarter named ''Galazzano'', where the weather station and an industrial area are located. Serravalle has San Marino's northernmost and lowest elevated points. The outer edge of Serravalle is about from downtown Rimini and the Adriatic Sea. Serravalle recorded a temperature of on 3 and 9 August 2017, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in San Marino. History First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this town was calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgo Maggiore
Borgo Maggiore (; rgn, E Bórgh) is one of the 9 communes or ''castelli'' of San Marino. It lies at the foot of Monte Titano and has a population of 6,871 (May 2018), making it the second largest town of San Marino, after Dogana. Etymology From Italian ''borgo'' ("village, hamlet") + ''maggiore'' ("bigger, greater; major"). Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Serravalle, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, San Marino City, and Acquaviva and the Italian municipality Verucchio. History The area was previously called ''Mercatale'' ("marketplace") and remains today the most important market town in San Marino. A cable car allows Monte Titano to be scaled up to the town of San Marino. Though it is not the most populated, the Market, as well as the connection to San Marino City, make it very much a city-like shopping hub. Parishes Borgo Maggiore has 6 parishes ('' curazie''): *Cà Melone, Cà Rigo, Cailungo, San Giovanni sotto le Penne, Valdragone, Ventoso Points of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
