Wandering in central Italy, car left the coastal city of Rimini to about 20 km, suddenly a turn and down a mountain road immediately went to the opening 10 minutes after the car came through an iron arch, the arch top two national emblem hanging back to back - Travel people know that this is normal to see between the EU borders signs, that is also entering the territory of another country.
People's door to so casually, neither heavily armed guards, and no entry will check the border, customs and even institutions such as not seen abroad ... ...
This is like the Italian dumplings in the same package, including a small mountain called San Marino. The entire land area of 61 square kilometers, and the Vatican, Monaco and other than as is not too small, but the population of less than 30,000, according to the capital built hillside Titano San Marino city, only five thousand, it is like we China was an ordinary small town.
Tour pocket small, think of the visited countries, has added a number, are particularly interesting. Here is the original castle, the church is a long, narrow street unbearable most of the actual occurrence of motor vehicles had to prohibit access. However, small but complete, and then also, after all, is a small country, country people have the necessary institutional arrangements, people in the United Nations to vote is one vote ... ...
A cuddly simple statue or portrait, full of the small country places all inhaled the eye, he is Marino. It is him, and let this country and the capital had to use his name, of course, before his name, plus a "holy" word, as an expression of respect for generations, also logical.
Marino is a mason, half of the 3rd century AD, when Marino live on an island in Southern Europe. Stone masons in the acquisition, while keen to promote Christ and against the then feudal rule by the feudal lords of persecution, in order from the unfortunate, mason boat to leave home, across the Adriatic Sea, this came to Mount Titano, live in cliff caves, quarries and to continue to promote Christian heretics, called belief in God. He also uses a fast way to pray for the misfortunes of others than bad, they were people regarded as a saint. Saints fame spread far, so one group after another to escape the Inquisition and the persecution of feudal lords who come one after another, as mason who arrive, they gradually formed a "mason commune."
Later in the Republic, it is in the "mason commune" based on the formation, so Marino is considered the national founder. Also, because Marino has long been a "saint," said, so even the countries detached, becoming a "San Marino" ... ...
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