Serravalle is a ''castello'' in northern

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. 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

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and Borgo Maggiore and the Italian municipalities

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, 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

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. 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 called Castrum Olnani (later Olnano), the village of the elm trees. Serravalle attached to San Marino in 1463, during the last territorial expansion of the Republic.

Parishes

Serravalle has 8 parishesArticle with the list of curazie on the official Sammarinese electoral website
('' curazie''): * Cà Ragni * Cinque Vie * Dogana * Falciano * Lesignano *

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* Rovereta * Valgiurata

Points of interest

* Chiesa di Sant Andrea (

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), built in 1824 by

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* Stadio Olimpico, not a stadium built to house the

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, but rather to house local San Marino football games *

Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle The Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle is a baseball stadium in Serravalle, San Marino. The stadium has a capacity of 1,500. See also *Stadio Olimpico The Stadio Olimpico (English: ''Olympic Stadium'') is the largest sports facility in Rome, I ...

, home ballpark for the

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Baseball Club, which participates in the Italian Baseball League

References

External links

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