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Valdragone
Valdragone is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castello of Borgo Maggiore. Geography The village is divided into two areas: Valdragone di Sopra (''Upper V.'') and Valdragone di Sotto (''Lower V.''). It is situated close at the east of Borgo Maggiore and also close to Cailungo and Domagnano. History The name of Valdragone appears for the first time in historical documents of 1253. The Monastero di Santa Chiara was built from 1969 to 1971. According to legend, the name "Valdragone" comes from stories of a dragon that appeared there. From Italian ''val'', apocopic form of ''valle'' ("valley") + ''dragone'' ("dragon"). See also *Borgo Maggiore *Cà Melone *Cà Rigo *Cailungo *San Giovanni sotto le Penne *Ventoso Ventoso is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore. Its name means, in Italian language, ''windy''. History The village was an Ancient Roman ''castrum'', known as ''Castrum Ventosi''. It kne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marino
San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world and a European microstate in Southern Europe enclaved by Italy. Located on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains, San Marino covers a land area of just over , and has a population of 33,562. San Marino is a landlocked country; however, its northeastern end is within of the Italian city of Rimini on the Adriatic coast. The nearest airport is also in Italy. The country's capital city, the City of San Marino, is located atop Monte Titano, while its largest settlement is Dogana within the largest municipality of Serravalle. San Marino's official language is Italian. The country derives its name from Saint Marinus, a stonemason from the then-Roman island of Rab in present-day Croatia. Born in AD 275, Marinus participated in the re ... [...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] |
Cailungo
Cailungo is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore. Geography The village is located at the north of its castle seat, and its main road is ''via Ca' dei Lunghi''. It is divided in Cailungo di Sopra (''Upper C.'') and Cailungo di Sotto (''Lower C.''). Infrastructures Cailungo is the seat of the Sanmarinese State Hospital (''Ospedale di Stato di San Marino'') and the State Agency for Public Services of San Marino (''Azienda Autonoma di Stato per i Servizi Pubblici''). Sport The local football team is the Cailungo. Oratorio di San Rocco The church, Oratorio di San Rocco, was originally built in connection with a plague in the Middle Ages in honour of San Rocco. The interior has an oil on canvas painting of Madonna and Child and St. John the Baptist dated to 1594.Nevio and Annio Maria Matteimi ''The Republic of San Marino: Historical and Artistic Guide to the City and the Castles'', 2011, p. 78. See also *Borgo Maggiore *Cà Melon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cà Melone
Cà Melone is a small village (''curazia'') of San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Borgo Maggiore. See also *Borgo Maggiore *Cà Rigo *Cailungo *San Giovanni sotto le Penne *Valdragone *Ventoso Ventoso is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore. Its name means, in Italian language, ''windy''. History The village was an Ancient Roman ''castrum'', known as ''Castrum Ventosi''. It knew a rap ... Curazie in San Marino Borgo Maggiore {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cà Rigo
Cà Rigo is a small village (''curazia'') of San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Borgo Maggiore. See also *Borgo Maggiore *Cà Melone *Cailungo *San Giovanni sotto le Penne *Valdragone *Ventoso Ventoso is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore. Its name means, in Italian language, ''windy''. History The village was an Ancient Roman ''castrum'', known as ''Castrum Ventosi''. It knew a rap ... Curazie in San Marino Borgo Maggiore {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventoso
Ventoso is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore. Its name means, in Italian language, ''windy''. History The village was an Ancient Roman ''castrum'', known as ''Castrum Ventosi''. It knew a rapid growing in the last decade of the 20th century. Geography Ventoso is located in north of its municipality, very close to the borders to Acquaviva and to the Italian municipality of Verucchio. The village is linked with the Italian town by a road from Borgo Maggiore. Its main street is named ''Decima Gualdaria''. See also *Borgo Maggiore *Cà Melone *Cà Rigo *Cailungo *San Giovanni sotto le Penne *Valdragone Valdragone is a village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castello of Borgo Maggiore. Geography The village is divided into two areas: Valdragone di Sopra (''Upper V.'') and Valdragone di Sotto (''Lower V.''). It is situated ... Curazie in San Marino Italy–San Marino border crossings Borgo Maggiore ... [...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] |
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] |
Monastero Di Santa Chiara
Monastero di Santa Chiara is a church in San Marino. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro was until 1977 the historic Diocese of Montefeltro. It is a Latin suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Roman Catholic churches in San Marino Roman Catholic churches completed in 1969 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 million people (2022), Italian is an official language in Italy, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, and Vatican City. It has an official minority status in western Istria (Croatia and Slovenia). Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas and Australia.Ethnologue report for language code:ita (Italy) – Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Giovanni Sotto Le Penne
San Giovanni sotto le Penne is a small village (''curazia'') in central San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Borgo Maggiore. Geography It is located south of the country's highest point Monte Titano, on a road bordering to the territory of the city of San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an .... It includes the archaeological site of Maiano. Sport The local football team is the San Giovanni. Curazie in San Marino Borgo Maggiore {{SanMarino-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
