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3 unusual facts about San Marino


Arabella Huntington

After his death, she married his nephew Henry E. Huntington, who was also a railway magnate and the founder of the famous Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California.

Peter Levi

In 1988, he claimed to have found a previously unknown poem by William Shakespeare in a manuscript at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

Walter Meskell

He spent his childhood in Southern California and near Pasadena in the city of San Marino, California.


1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino

The 1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio di Fonte dell'Ovo in the City of San Marino in San Marino and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour.

1998 Giro d'Italia

Of the mass-start stages that contained mountains, four contained summit finishes: stage 11 to San Marino, stage 14 to Piancavallo, stage 18 to Passo di Pampeago, and stage 19 to Plan di Montecampione.

Andy Sinton

His last appearance for his country came the following month, in the 7–1 rout of San Marino in Bologna.

Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier

Bea is married to Jean Henri Lhuillier, Honorary Consul General of The Most Serene Republic of San Marino to the Philippines and the man behind the Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop chain.

Burndy

In addition to his association with the company he founded, Bern Dibner is frequently identified with one of the world’s leading collections of source material in the history of science, now located at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

Coat of arms of San Marino

The towers symbolize the three citadels of San Marino (La Guaita, La Cesta and La Montale), while the hills represent the three summits of the Monte Titano.

Colin Diver

He was named the college's 14th president on October 5, 2002, replacing acting president Peter Steinberger, dean of Faculty, and succeeding Steven Koblik, who departed Reed College to run the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

Estate Violenta

Carlo is attracted to Roberta, often meets her and even makes a trip with her to San Marino, although Roberta's mother (Lilla Brignone) disapproves of this new acquaintance, and urges her to stay away from Carlo, partly because of his father, Ettore Caremoli (Enrico Maria Salerno), a brutal Fascist.

Frederic Hsieh

Wealthier immigrants have since moved onto San Marino (an expensive neighborhood) in large numbers during the 1980s and eventually in other communities such as Walnut and Rowland Heights thus giving rise to new suburban Chinatown areas in the Los Angeles.

Gianni Widmer

There is a monument to Gianni Widmer in San Marino on the mountain of Monte Carlo (Fiorentino commune) to commemorate his landing there on April 16, 1913.

Harpalus affinis

In Europe, it is only absent in the following countries or islands: the Azores, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, the Faroe Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Iceland, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean islands, Novaya Zemlya, San Marino, the Savage Islands, Sicily, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City.

Harpalus anxius

In Europe, it is only absent in the following countries or islands: Andorra, the Azores, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Crete, Cyclades, Cyprus, Dodecanese, the Faroe Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Iceland, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean islands, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Portugal, San Marino, the Savage Islands, Sicily, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City.

Italian city-states

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, apart from some minor city-states like Lucca or San Marino, only the republican Venice was able to preserve her independence and to match the European monarchies of France and Spain and the Ottoman Empire (see Italian Wars).

Lucia Peka

Owners of her work include the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Permanent Collection in the Alfred Khouri Memorial Wing of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, the Huntington Library and Art Collections in San Marino, California, actor George Clooney, and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

Marecchia

At Torello, part of the commune of San Leo, it flows 1 km west of the Sammarinese territory Acquaviva and the San Marino River flows into it, but the Marecchia does not touch the San Marino border.

Martina Pretelli

Martina Pretelli (born 28 December 1988, Borgo Maggiore) is an athlete from San Marino who competes in the 100 metres.

Matteo Vitaioli

Born in Fiorentino, San Marino, Vitaioli has represented three clubs on a permanent basis: San Marino Calcio, F.C. Fiorentino and Sammaurese, and has played for four clubs on loan: Empoli (although he failed to make a single league appearance in the second half of 2005–06 Serie A), ASD Cagliese, Real Montecchio and P.D. Castellarano.

Maurizio Rattini

Maurizio Rattini (born November 13, 1949) is a Sammarinese politician who was a Captain Regent, from April 1, 2012 to October 1, 2012, with Italo Righi.

Nebria brevicollis

In Europe, it is found in all countries and islands except the Azores, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean Islands, Novaya Zemlya, San Marino, the Selvagens Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City.

Neocrepidodera motschulskii

Neocrepidodera motschulskii is a species of flea beetle from Chrysomelidae family that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Andorra, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, Vatican City, Yugoslavian states, and various European islands.

Omar Camporese

He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–3, 6–3.

Philorhizus sigma

Philorhizus sigma is a species of brown coloured ground beetle in the Lebiinae subfamily that can be found in everywhere in Europe, except for Andorra, Croatia, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City and European islands.

Pierre Terblanche

After moving to Germany and working with Volkswagen design he worked at Cagiva's Research Center at San Marino under the direction of Massimo Tamburini.

Sammarinese cuisine

As San Marino is a microstate completely landlocked by Italy, Sammarinese cuisine is strongly similar to the Italian cuisine, especially that of the adjoining Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions.

San Marino at the 1984 Winter Olympics

San Marino competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

The stadium was also witness to the World Cup competition's quickest goal ever scored, by Davide Gualtieri of San Marino, taking 8.3 seconds to put his team ahead against England.

Torta Tre Monti

It is similar to other layered desserts common to San Marino, this one being representative of The Three Towers of San Marino.

Transport in San Marino

There is a 1.5 km aerial tramway connecting the city of San Marino on top of Monte Titano with Borgo Maggiore, a major town in the republic, with the second largest population of any Sammarinese settlement.

Venezuela national baseball team

Italy (Bollate, Bologna, Codogno, Florence, Macerata, Milano, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, San Marino, Torino, Trieste, Verona & Vicenza) and Netherlands (Rotterdam, Haarlem & Amsterdam) serve as hosts of the sixteen teams of the second round (September 14–20), and therefore receive first round byes.

Will Grigg

He scored on his U21 debut after coming on as a substitute against San Marino in a UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifier, and earned his first senior cap in a 6–0 defeat to the Netherlands in a friendly on 2 June 2012.

Williams FW19

The Grove based team locked out the front row yet again in San Marino, and Villeneuve retained his 100% pole position record for 1997.

WTR-Ten10 Racing

WTR-Ten10 refers to the team partnership between the WTR (San Marino) and Ten10 Racing (Bangalore, India) teams, which is structured on a three-year basis.


see also

1994 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the 14° Gran Premio di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 May 1994 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, located Imola, Italy.

2005 Imola GP2 Series round

The 2005 San Marino GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 23 April and 24 April 2005 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.

2006 San Marino Grand Prix

The 2006 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the XXVI Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy on 23 April 2006.

Aldo Junior Simoncini

He started the return game and was part of the San Marino team that were 3 seconds from their greatest result when Manuel Marani scored to make it 1-1.

Basilica di San Marino

In the crypt of this church there are two niches cut into rock that are said to be the beds of San Marino and San Leo.

Benedettini

Giacomo Benedettini (born 7 October, 1982) is a San Marinese footballer who currently plays for S.P. Tre Fiori and the San Marino national football team.

Ernesto Benedettini (born 5 March, 1948) is a politician of San Marino.

Bollini

Paolo Bollini (born 1960), a politician in San Marino (San Marinese Socialist Part)

Davide Gualtieri

In the match, which took place in Bologna, Italy, San Marino had the kick-off and the ball was quickly played through the inside-right channel.

Domenico Vicini

He represents San Marino also in Games of the Small States of Europe, where he won 4 silver and 3 bronze medals, six of them in double, with Christian Rosti (1997,2003), Gabriel Francini (1999) and Stefano Galvani (2007,2009,2011).

FIA WTCC Race of San Marino

The FIA WTCC Race of San Marino was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, which was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola in Italy during the 2005 season.

Julije Knifer

He exhibited at many national and international shows including, The New Tendencies exhibitions (1961, 1963, 1969 and 1973), Art Abstrait Constructif International at the Denise René Gallery (Paris, 1961–1962), Konstruktivisten at the Städtisches Museum Leverkusen (Leverkusen, 1962), Oltre l’informale (San Marino, 1963), the Venice Biennale (1976 and 2001), the São Paulo Art Biennale (1973 with Juraj Dobrović and Vjenceslav Richter, 1979 and 1981).

Marcucci

Gian Marco Marcucci (born 1954), served as a Captain Regent of San Marino

Matteo Vitaioli

He is considered to be one of the most promising young talents in the San Marino national football team, often regarded as a key member of the squad, partnering Andy Selva and Nicola Ciacci in a three-pronged San Marino attack.

Outline of San Marino

San Marino claims to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world, founded on 3 September 301, by Marinus of Rab, a Christian stonemason fleeing the religious persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian.

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro

On Tuesday, 18 September 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed the bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Bishop Luigi Negri, to serve as one of the Synod Fathers for the upcoming October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.

Salvatore De Giorgi

He retired as Archbishop of Palermo on 19 December 2006, and was replaced by Archbishop Paolo Romeo, who had been apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino.

San Marino Grand Prix

In contrast to motorbike racing, where there have been riders from San Marino, like Manuel Poggiali and Alex De Angelis, Formula One has never had competitors from the small country and as such no San Marinese drivers ever competed in the Grand Prix.

The San Marino Grand Prix (Italian: GP di San Marino) was a Formula One championship race which was run at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006.

San Marino Highway

San Marino Highway (known simply as the Superstrada to locals) is a road from the castelli of Borgo Maggiore, to Domagnano, through to Serravalle and then the town of Dogana, where it enters Italy.

San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, San Marino was drawn to compete in the second half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014.

San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

San Marino had previously tried to take part in the contest back in 2011, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, however the national broadcaster pulled out before the contest as they had not found a representative in time.

Sassofeltrio

Sassofeltrio borders the following municipalities: Chiesanuova (San Marino), Faetano (San Marino), Fiorentino (San Marino), Gemmano, Mercatino Conca, Montegiardino (San Marino), Monte Grimano, Montescudo, San Leo, Verucchio.

Transport in San Marino

Today there is no operational railway in San Marino, but many disused artifacts such as bridges, tunnels and stations are still well visible, and in some cases have been refurbished and converted to parks, public footpaths or traffic routes.

University of the Republic of San Marino

The University of the Republic of San Marino (in Italian: Università degli Studi di San Marino) is a university based in Montegiardino in the Republic of San Marino.