Postcards from San Marino

Andy Jarosz — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:30:13 +0000

It is the world’s oldest republic and arguably has the continent’s worst national football team. San Marino is well worth a visit if you are making a visit to Italy’s Adriatic coast. My article about San Marino on the BBC Travel site was published in August (here for UK folks), but I thought I’d share a few pictures from this very agreeable hilltop nation.

Porta San Francesco – the main entrance for pedestrians heading into the Old Town

Civilian Police guarding pedestrian crossing at entrance to Old Town. There are no traffic lights in San Marino

Narrow lanes of the Old Town

Government Building (or People’s Palace), where the 60 elected representatives sit

Inside the main debating chamber in the Government Building

Guards of the Rock outside the People’s Palace – the uniforms were originally blue, but someone in the 19th century made a mistake when ordering supplies

The view from Guaita, the first of the three towers of San Marino

Climbing up to the top of the first of San Marino’s three towers

The view from Cesta, the second of San Marino’s three towers

Links between Russia and San Marino are strong (Russians make up the bulk of the tourists here) so a Beslan memorial in San Marino is perhaps not surprising

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Postcards from San Marino