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and a three-seater Agusta-Bell AB-47G,[115][118][117]

which were serviced at Rimini's airport.[117] In 1964, the
line was extended to San Leo.[118][117] Tickets would cost up to 12,500 lire,[118] including the cablecar to the
City of San Marino and a shuttle to the Leonine fortress. The service would take fifteen minutes to reach
Rimini and ten minutes to reach San Leo. The service closed in 1969.[118][117]

Railway
San Marino currently has no railway except an 800-metre (1⁄2-mile)
heritage railway, which opened in 2012.[119]

Between 1932 and 1944, a 31.5-kilometre (19.6-mile) electrified narrow

gauge railway operated between Rimini and the City of San Marino,
serving Dogana, Serravalle, Domagnano, and Borgo Maggiore along its
route.[120] During the Second World War, the line was bombed and
closed,[120][121] after which its tunnels sheltered refugees during the
Battles of Rimini and San Marino.[122][123] After the war, the railway was The restored AB-03 locomotive and
abandoned in favour of the San Marino Highway.[123][124] In 2012, an a reactivated section of the Rimini–
800-metre (1⁄2-mile) section was reopened as a heritage railway in the San Marino railway, opened in the
City of San Marino, running between Piazzale della Stazione and near Via City of San Marino
Napoleone.[119] The restored section comprises the original railway's final
horseshoe turn through the 502-metre (1,647-foot) Montale
tunnel.[125][126]

Despite its short operational history, the Rimini–San Marino railway retains an important place in
Sammarinese culture and history,[124] and has featured on Sammarinese postal stamps.[127][128][129][130]
Both the Sammarinese and Italian governments have expressed interest in reopening the
line.[119][131][132][133][134]

Between 1921 and 1960, San Marino was also served by a station on the Rimini–Novafeltria railway in
Torello, on the other side of the international border from Gualdicciolo in San Marino's west.[135] This
provided San Marino its first railway station, albeit located in Italian territory.[136][137]

Culture
The Three Towers of San Marino are located on the three peaks of Monte
Titano in the capital. They are depicted on both the flag of San Marino and
its coat of arms. The three towers are: Guaita, the oldest of the three (it was
constructed in the 11th century); the 13th-century Cesta, located on the
highest of Monte Titano's summits; and the 14th-century Montale, on the
smallest of Monte Titano's summits, still privately owned.

University
The Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino (University of
the Republic of San Marino)[138] is the main university, which includes the
Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino (Graduate School of
Historical Studies), a distinguished research and advanced international
study centre governed by an international Scientific Committee coordinated
A painting in the Museo di Stato
by the emeritus historian Luciano Canfora. An important music institution
di San Marino by Pompeo Batoni
is the Istituto Musicale Sammarinese (Sammarinese Musical Institute).[139]

The Akademio Internacia de la Sciencoj San Marino or Accademia Internazionale delle Scienze San Marino
(International Academy of Sciences San Marino) was known for adopting Esperanto as the language for
teaching and for scientific publications.[140] The Akademio was dissolved in 2020.[141]
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Italian author Umberto Eco had attempted to create a "university without physical structures" in San
Marino.[142]

Sport
In San Marino football is the most popular sport. Basketball and volleyball are also popular. The three sports
have their own federations, the San Marino Football Federation, the San Marino Basketball Federation and
the San Marino Volleyball Federation.

The San Marino national football team has had little success, being made up of part-timers. The team has
never qualified for a major tournament, and has recorded only two wins in the more than 25 years of its
history. Both wins were 1–0 victories over Liechtenstein; the first came in a 2004 friendly, and the second,
their first competitive victory, came during the group stage of the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League.[143] They
have drawn four more times, with their most notable result being a 1993 0–0 draw with Turkey during the
European qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[144] In the same qualifying competition, Davide Gualtieri
scored a goal 8.3 seconds into a match against England; this goal held the record for the fastest in
international football until 2016.[145][146] San Marino has a club in the Italian league system called A.S.D.V.
San Marino and a domestic amateur league, the Campionato Sammarinese, whose teams also participate in
European club competitions. Together with Italy, San Marino held the 2019 UEFA European Under-21
Championship, with teams playing at the Stadio Olimpico in Serravalle. With Italy being the sole automatic
qualifiers, the Sammarinese team did not participate in the final tournament.

A Formula One race, the San Marino Grand Prix, was named after the
state, although it did not take place there. Instead, it was held at the
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the Italian town of Imola, about
100 km (60 mi) northwest of San Marino. Roland Ratzenberger and
Ayrton Senna suffered fatal accidents a day apart during the 1994 Grand
Prix. This international event was removed from the calendar in 2007,
although the circuit has since returned to the calendar as the Emilia
Romagna Grand Prix.
2005 San Marino Grand Prix held in
The San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix was reinstated
Imola, Italy
in the schedule in 2007 and takes place at the Misano World Circuit
Marco Simoncelli, as does San Marino's round of the World Superbike
Championship.

San Marino has a professional baseball team which plays in Italy's top division. It has participated in the
European Cup tournament for the continent's top club sides several times, hosting the event in 1996, 2000,
2004, and 2007. It won the championship in 2006, 2011 and 2014.

Shooting is also very popular in San Marino, with many shooters having taken part in international
competitions and the Olympic Games. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, San Marino became the smallest
country to earn an Olympic medal when Alessandra Perilli won a bronze medal in the women's trap.[147]
They later won another medal, this one silver, with Perilli's and Gian Marco Berti's performance in the mixed
trap shooting event.[148]

Cuisine

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The cuisine of San Marino is extremely similar to central Italian cuisine,

especially that of the adjoining Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions, but it
has a number of its own unique dishes and products.[149] Its best known is
probably the Torta Tre Monti ("Cake of the Three Mountains" or "Cake of
the Three Towers"), a wafer layered cake covered in chocolate depicting the
Three Towers of San Marino. The country also has a small wine industry.

UNESCO
The site San Marino: Historic Centre and Mount Titano became part of the
A piadina, a dish characteristic of UNESCO World Heritage List in 2008.[150] The decision was taken during
the Italian region of Romagna the 32nd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee composed of
and of San Marino
21 countries convened in Québec, Canada.

Music
The country has a long and rich musical tradition, closely linked to that of Italy, but which is also highly
independent in itself. A well-known 17th-century composer is Francesco Maria Marini.[151] The pop singer
Little Tony achieved considerable success in the United Kingdom and Italy in the 1950s and 1960s.[152]

San Marino has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times, achieving three final qualifications
to date (with then-three, eventually four-time contestant and San Marino native Valentina Monetta with
"Maybe" in 2014, Turkish singer Serhat with "Say Na Na Na" who achieved 19th place in the final in 2019 and
Italian singer Senhit along with American rapper Flo Rida who qualified for the 2021 final with the song
"Adrenalina").

Theatre
The Teatro Nuovo (Serravalle) is a theatre of the Republic of San Marino located in Dogana, a town in the
Serravalle municipality ("castello"), not far from the border with Italy. It has a capacity of 872 seats of which
604 are in the stalls and is the largest theatre in the republic.[153][154]

Museums and galleries

There are a number of state-run national museums and galleries based in San Marino.[155][156]

Museo delle Armi Antiche

The Museum of Ancient Arms is dedicated to ancient weapons, uniforms, armour and experimental weapons.

Museo di Stato
The State Museum contains archaeological, artistic and numismatic collections.

Pinacoteca di San Francesco

The St Francis art gallery displays archaeological, artistic and numismatic collections.

Galleria Nazionale
The National Gallery is for the protection, conservation and enhancement of the UNESCO heritage.

Museo del Francobollo e della Moneta

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The museum is dedicated to the stamps and coins of San Marino.

Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

The Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery hosts more than 1,000 works dating from the period between the
first decade of the 20th century to the present.

Museo dell’Emigrante
The Museum of the Emigrant is a permanent study centre dedicated to emigration. It opened in 1997 and is
housed in the Monastery of Santa Chiara.

Museo di Storia Naturale

The Museum of Natural History is based in the San Marino Natural History Centre in the Borgo Maggiore
municipality.

Public holidays and festivals

Date Name Explanation

1 January New Year's Day Festival marking the beginning of the new year

Commemorates the visit of the three wise men or magi to the

6 January Epiphany
infant Jesus

Commemoration of Saint Agatha, co-patroness of the

5 February Feast of Saint Agatha Republic after the country was liberated from foreign rule on
her feast day in 1740[23]
Variable, the first Sunday after
the first full moon after the vernal Easter Resurrection of Jesus
equinox
Variable, the Monday after Easter
Easter Monday Monday after Easter day
Sunday

Anniversary of the 1906 Arengo and the Festa delle Milizie

25 March Anniversary of the Arengo
(Feast of the Militants)

1 May Labour Day Celebration of workers and employees

Variable, the first Thursday after
Corpus Christi Commemoration of the body and blood of Jesus Christ
Trinity Sunday

28 July Liberation from Fascism Commemoration of the fall of the Sammarinese Fascist Party

15 August Ferragosto (Assumption) Commemoration of the Virgin Mary's assumption into heaven
The Feast of Saint National feast of Saint Marinus (San Marino), celebrating the
3 September
Marinus and the Republic origin of the Republic in 301

1 November All Saints' Day Feast dedicated to all saints

Commemoration of all Remembrance of all those who gave their lives for San
2 November
those who died at war Marino in war
Remembrance of the Virgin Mary's conception without
8 December Immaculate Conception
original sin

24 December Christmas Eve Day before the commemoration of the birth of Jesus

25 December Christmas Birth of Jesus

Commemoration of the death of Saint Stephen, the first
26 December Saint Stephen's Day
Christian martyr

31 December New Year's Eve Celebration which closes and marks the end of the year

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