A Tiny Nation with a Remarkable History San Marino, a small country with an astonishing and long history, was founded as ...

And no, we’re not talking about Vatican City, but another microstate within Italy — the Republic of San Marino, the world’s fifth smallest country, also considered the oldest country in Europe.

San Marino perches on a mountaintop in northern Italy like some displaced relic of the Middle Ages. The world’s oldest and smallest (23 square miles) republic, it was reputedly founded around A ...

Clara Vannucci for ESPN San Marino -- or the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, to use its full name -- is serene as in "sovereign" rather than "calm and stable," although it is both of those ...

and for being the world’s oldest surviving republic. It is not, however, known for its soccer prowess. Marcello Mularoni is one of San Marino’s most important players. He has made 48 ...

San Marino, Europe’s oldest (1,600 years) and smallest (38 sq. mi.) republic, which nestles on an Apennine mountainside below Florence, became Europe’s first liberated nation to hold a general ...

Despite San Marino’s long awaited victory, it says its name will not change.) The Most Serene Republic of San Marino, as it is also known, is a land of 23 square miles, roughly the size of ...