San Marino

San Marino

San Marino ranks 208th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jersey, Micronesia, and Kosovo. Memorable people born in present day San Marino include Valeria Ciavatta, Marino Riccardi, and Stefano Palmieri. Memorable people who died in San Marino include Saint Marinus, Gianfranco Terenzi, and Fausta Morganti. San Marino has been the birth place of many politicians, and racing drivers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

San Marino, officially the Most Serene Republic of San Marino and also known as the Republic of San Marino, is the oldest existing representative republic and the European state with the smallest population, apart from Vatican City. It is the larger of the two microstates surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains, it is the fifth-smallest country in the world, with a land area of just over 61 km2 and a population of 33,642, as of 2023. Read more on Wikipedia