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San Marino

Tradition present: Catholicism

Five places written in San Marino. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

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Catholicism · Thành phố San Marino (Città di San Marino) · 1826 tới 1838 (thánh hiến năm 1855), nhà thờ cũ có văn bản từ năm 1113Basilica di San MarinoBasilica di San Marino, Basilica del Santo Marino, Pieve di San Marino, Duomo di San Marino, Domus Plebis

The principal church of San Marino, dedicated to Saint Marinus, the stonemason revered as the founder of the community on Mount Titano. Built in the Neoclassical style by the Bolognese architect Antonio Serra between 1826 and 1838 on the site of the ancient Domus Plebis church documented since 1113, it features sixteen Corinthian columns encircling the apse, a marble statue of Saint Marinus by Adamo Tadolini behind the high altar, and the saint's relics beneath the altar and inside a silver-gilt reliquary bust. It was elevated to a minor basilica in 1926.

Minor Basilica (1926), within the UNESCO World Heritage Site (San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano, 2008)Piazzale Domus Plebis, 47890 Città di San Marino

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Catholicism · City of San Marino (Castello della Citta di San Marino) · Khởi công năm 1361 (theo sắc chỉ của Giáo hoàng Innocent VI cho phép dời tu viện từ vùng Murata vào trong vòng tường thành để tránh các cuộc tấn công của họ Malatesta thành Rimini) và hoàn thành khoảng năm 1400 bởi các nghệ nhân đá vùng Como và San Marino; cải tạo nội thất cuối thế kỷ 17 tới thế kỷ 18; trùng tu phục nguyên của kiến trúc sư Gino Zani đầu thế kỷ 20 và mở Bảo tàng Nghệ thuật Thánh năm 1966Church of St. Francis, San MarinoChiesa e Convento di San Francesco, Sanctuary of Saint Francis San Marino, Museo e Pinacoteca San Francesco

The oldest surviving religious complex in the Republic of San Marino situated immediately inside the medieval southern gate of Porta San Francesco within the UNESCO World Heritage center, founded in 1361 by the Conventual Franciscans using stones transferred from their earlier friary at Murata, featuring a porticoed stone facade with a medieval rose window, a fourteenth-century painted wooden Crucifix, a fifteenth-century cloister, and the Museum and Pinacoteca of Saint Francis housing masterpieces by Guercino and Gerolamo Marchesi da Cotignola.

Oldest Surviving Sanctuary of the Republic of San Marino and Core Monument of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano, inscribed 2008, Ref. 1245)Via Basilicius 33 (inside Porta San Francesco), 47890 City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino

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Catholicism · City of San Marino (Castello della Citta di San Marino) · Truyền thống gắn với nguyện đường đá nguyên thủy thế kỷ thứ 4 của chính Thánh Marinô; xây dựng lại khoảng năm 1600; hiến tặng bàn thờ đá cẩm thạch khảm đa sắc năm 1689 bởi nhạc sĩ Antonio Tedeschi; tái cấu trúc lối vào và hầm mộ năm 1826 bởi kiến trúc sư Antonio Serra; nơi lánh nạn của Giuseppe Garibaldi và bà Anita ngày 31 tháng 7 năm 1849Church of San Pietro, San MarinoChiesa di San Pietro, Oratory of Saint Peter with the Rock Beds of Saint Marinus and Saint Leo, Chapel of San Pietro San Marino

An intimate rock-backed church nestled immediately alongside the Basilica di San Marino on Piazzale Domus Plebis and carved directly into the living limestone cliff of Mount Titano, preserving the 1689 inlaid polychrome marble altar gifted by musician Antonio Tedeschi, a statue of Saint Peter by Enrico Saroldi, and the venerated rock-cut apse containing two stone niches revered since antiquity as the ascetic beds and original resting places of fourth-century founders Saint Marinus and Saint Leo.

Foundational Sacred Monument of the Republic of San Marino and Core Element of the UNESCO World Heritage Site (San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano, inscribed 2008, Ref. 1245)Piazzale Domus Plebis (adjacent to the Basilica di San Marino), 47890 City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino

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Catholicism · Borgo Maggiore (Castello di Borgo Maggiore) · Khởi xướng ngày 7 tháng 12 năm 1962 bởi Linh mục Phanxicô Ireneo Mazzotti và Linh mục Leonardo Tasselli dưới sự chuẩn nhận của Giám mục Antonio Bergamaschi ngày 13 tháng 12 năm 1962; Đức Giáo hoàng Phaolô VI làm phép viên đá đầu tiên tại Rôma ngày 13 tháng 5 năm 1965; khánh thành Nhà Tĩnh tâm Thánh Giuse năm 1966 và Đan viện mới của các nữ tu Dòng Thánh Clara năm 1971Sanctuary of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, ValdragoneSantuario del Cuore Immacolato di Maria a Valdragone, Marian Center of Valdragone, Franciscan Sanctuary of Valdragone

The foremost Marian pilgrimage sanctuary and retreat complex in the Republic of San Marino set amid terraced olive groves in Valdragone beneath the eastern cliffs of Mount Titano overlooking the Adriatic coast, established in December 1962 by Franciscan friars Ireneo Mazzotti and Leonardo Tasselli with a foundation stone blessed by Pope Paul VI on May 13, 1965, uniting the Sanctuary Church, the St. Joseph House of Spirituality, and the modern cloistered Monastery of the Poor Clares.

Diocesan Marian Sanctuary of the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro and Principal Franciscan Spiritual Retreat Center of the Republic of San MarinoStrada di Valdragone 43 (Via Piana 22), Valdragone, 47893 Borgo Maggiore, Republic of San Marino

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Catholicism · City of San Marino (Castello della Citta di San Marino) · Khởi xướng và đặt móng từ năm 1565 tới 1571 với sự khích lệ của Giám mục Costantino Bonelli và di sản hiến tặng của bà Vicenza Lunardini; hoàn thành và khánh thành trọng thể mùa xuân năm 1609; hơn 360 năm đời sống đan tu chiêm niệm liên tục cho tới năm 1971 khi các nữ tu chuyển xuống đan viện mới tại Valdragone; phục hồi thành trụ sở Đại học Cộng hòa San Marino từ năm 1985 tới 1989 và mở Bảo tàng Di dân năm 1997Monastery of Santa Chiara, San MarinoAntico Monastero di Santa Chiara, Former Monastery of the Poor Clares San Marino, Seat of the University of San Marino and Emigrant Museum

The historic stone monastery clinging to the southeastern limestone terraces of Mount Titano along Contrada Omerelli within the UNESCO World Heritage center of San Marino City, begun in 1565 and solemnly inaugurated in the spring of 1609 as the cloistered home of the Poor Clare (Clarisse) nuns for 362 years until their move to Valdragone in 1971, today preserved with its central cloister and terraced herb gardens as the main seat of the University of the Republic of San Marino and the Emigrant Museum.

Historic National Monastic Monument (Seat of the University of the Republic of San Marino and Emigrant Museum) within the UNESCO World Heritage Site (San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano, inscribed 2008, Ref. 1245)Contrada Omerelli 20 to 24, 47890 City of San Marino, Republic of San Marino

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  • 24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
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