Serravalle (San Marino)
Serravalle is a castello locatit in the European republic o San Marino. Wi a population o 9,394 inhabitants (o that a scarce 2,000 ar o foreign origin, conditions 2006) an a surface o 10.53 km², it is nt ae the maist densely populatit municipality in San Marino, but it also contains its lairgest ceety (Dogana). Serravalle is locatit on the edge o the Apennines Mountains.
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[edit] Geography
The toun borders on San Marinese municipalities o Domagnano an Borgo Maggiore an the Italian municipalities Verucchio, Rimini an Coriano. It haes an external borough named Galazzano, where the weather station is locatit. </gallery>
[edit] Heestory
First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this toun wis cawed Castrum Olnani, the village o the elm trees. Serravalle attached tae San Marino in 1463, durin the last territorial expansion o the Republic. Its current name is derived frae the Italian words serra (mountain range) an valle (valley).
[edit] Parishes
Serravalle haes 9 parishes (curazie):
[edit] Points o interest
- Chiesa di Sant Andrea (Saunt Andrea's Church), built in 1824 bi Luigi Fonti
- Olympic stadium, no actually a stadium built tae house the Olympics, but rather tae house local San Marino fitbaa games
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Coordinates: 43°58′9.98″N 12°28′42.12″E / 43.9694389°N 12.4783667°E
