San Marino,officially the Republic of San Marino and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino,is a European microstate and enclave within 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 33,660 as of 2022.
As the only surviving medieval commune in the Italian Peninsula,the history of San Marino is intertwined with the medieval,Renaissance and modern-day history of the Italian peninsula,according to tradition beginning with its foundation in 301 AD.
The San Marino national football team represents San Marino in men's international association football competitions. The team is controlled by the San Marino Football Federation and represents the smallest population of any UEFA member. They are currently the lowest-ranked FIFA-affiliated national football team.
Fabio Berardi is a Sammarinese politician.
A European microstate or European ministate is a very small sovereign state in Europe. In modern usage,it typically refers to the six smallest states in Europe by area:Andorra,Liechtenstein,Malta,Monaco,San Marino,and Vatican City. All except Malta and San Marino are monarchies. These states trace their status back to the first millennium or the early second millennium except for Liechtenstein,created in the 17th century.
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Victor San Marino,better known as Victor San Marino,is a Sammarinese professional association football club based in the city of Acquaviva,San Marino that competes in the Serie D,the fourth tier of Italian football,since being promoted in 2023.
Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins and currently works for the same team since 2014 as a special advisor. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers,earning first-team All-American honors in 1981. Marino was the last quarterback taken in the first round of the famed quarterback class of 1983. He held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position,and despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team,he is recognized among the greatest quarterbacks in American football history.
As San Marino is a microstate completely landlocked by Italy,Sammarinese cuisine is strongly similar to Italian cuisine,especially that of the adjoining Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions. San Marino's primary agricultural products are cheese,wine and livestock,and cheesemaking is a primary economic activity in San Marino. San Marino participated in The Exposition Universelle of 1889,a world's fair held in Paris,France,with three exhibits of oils and cheese.
Football is the most popular sport in San Marino,as well as in Italy,the country within which it is an enclave.
Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino,commonly known as San Marino RTV,is the public service broadcaster of San Marino. On 13 June 2011,San Marino RTV changed its name to SMtv San Marino. In November 2013,the name was changed back to San Marino RTV.
Oscar Mina is a Sanmarinese politician,who served as Captain Regent of San Marino with Paolo Rondelli from 1 April to 1 October 2022. He previously served as Captain Regent from 1 April 2009 to October 2009 together with Massimo Cenci.
Paolo Rondelli is a Sammarinese politician and diplomat who served as Captain Regent of San Marino alongside Oscar Mina from 1 April to 1 October 2022. He is the world's first openly LGBT+ head of state.
The San Jose crime family,also known as the Cerrito crime family or San Jose Mafia,was one of the two families that controlled organized crime in San Jose,California,within the nationwide criminal organization known as the Mafia. The other family that ran organized crime in San Jose was the Bonanno crime family of New York.
Capital punishment is no longer applied in San Marino:the last execution was carried out in 1468 or in 1667,by hanging.
The San Marino national football team's first official match took place on 14 November 1990 against Switzerland. Previously unofficial matches had taken place against the Canadian U-23 team in 1986 and a series of matches at the 1987 Mediterranean Games against Lebanon,Turkey and Syria. These matches took place prior to the nation's affiliation with FIFA. San Marino has not yet qualified for the finals of a major international football tournament. Andy Selva is the team's top scorer with eight goals.
Valentina Monetta is a Sammarinese singer. She is best known for representing San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012,2013,2014,and 2017. In the 2014 contest,Monetta became the first entrant to qualify for the final for San Marino.
Michele Perniola,known also as 3x3n,is an Italian singer,best known for representing San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with his song "O-o-O Sole Intorno a Me". He also represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with Anita Simoncini. They performed the song "Chain of Lights".
Ahmet Serhat Hocapaşalioğlu,known as Serhat,is a Turkish singer,songwriter,producer and television presenter.
San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017,held in Kyiv,Ukraine. The Sammarinese national broadcaster Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV) internally selected Sammarinese singer Valentina Monetta and American singer Jimmie Wilson with "Spirit of the Night" to represent the nation in the contest. Monetta had previously represented San Marino as a solo artist on three previous occasions. The 2017 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest was promoted through the creation of a music video and promotional performances in Tel Aviv,Amsterdam and Madrid. San Marino performed 10th in the second semi-final,held on 11 May 2017,and placed 18th with one point,failing to qualify for the final.
The COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached San Marino in February 2020.
