San Marino: The Oldest Republic in the World

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  4 года назад +51

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    • @Dragonmaster0905
      @Dragonmaster0905 4 года назад +6

      as an example CaptainS Regent not Captain RegentS.

    • @Overworkedandunderpaid
      @Overworkedandunderpaid 4 года назад +1

      Suggestion, Glasgow Scotland.

    • @TheLoxxxton
      @TheLoxxxton 4 года назад +2

      No mention of the football team!! School boy error right there!!

    • @DelinquentChibi
      @DelinquentChibi 4 года назад +2

      If you haven't done Lichtenstein yet that would be cool. Did I spell that right?

    • @JDMdrifterboy7
      @JDMdrifterboy7 4 года назад +1

      A video on Monaco would be dope

  • @andresland182
    @andresland182 3 года назад +182

    And one year later...San Marino won 3 olympic medals, the first ones of their history, and by doing so San Marino went on to become the least populated country ever to get an olympic podium and it is the smallest one to get multiple medals at a single Olympics. They sent a 5 person team to Tokyo and 3 of them medalled! What a performance.

    • @Balrog-tf3bg
      @Balrog-tf3bg 2 года назад +17

      That’s gotta be the highest percentage of olympians winning a medal of any country

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      Wrestler outta detriot is reigning champ in his class i believe....

    • @sydhenderson6753
      @sydhenderson6753 4 месяца назад

      @@Balrog-tf3bg Either them or Liechtenstein, whose athletes have won gold medals at the Winter Olympics.

  • @annalisaquadrelli9479
    @annalisaquadrelli9479 4 года назад +374

    I'm from San Marino! Thanks for making this video, it's nice to hear people from other countries talk about our tiny republic.

    • @thomasmills3934
      @thomasmills3934 3 года назад +4

      Always wanted to visit. Want to ride the lift in!!

    • @savannahsputnik1663
      @savannahsputnik1663 3 года назад +6

      We were there in 1997. What a beautiful place!

    • @DabFanatic
      @DabFanatic 3 года назад +4

      @annalisa quadrelli - Yeah I agree it's nice to hear these RUclipsrs do so much in depth research and then to present it in an open, honest, and very respectful way. What a beautiful place to live!

    • @ivanpavlic721
      @ivanpavlic721 3 года назад +1

      Kulturna

    • @williambarraclough8712
      @williambarraclough8712 3 года назад +5

      Its an amazing country went there last year when I went to Italy and loved it. I envy you for living there🤣

  • @jeffm902
    @jeffm902 4 года назад +226

    Been there. It is marvelous. In a strange way, when you are there, you can tell you aren’t in Italy. Somehow different. 🇸🇲🇸🇲🇸🇲 There is also a statue of Lincoln. They’re proud of the connection.

    • @giacomodevito9265
      @giacomodevito9265 4 года назад +17

      😇we are

    • @IvanAkinfiev
      @IvanAkinfiev 4 года назад +2

      @@giacomodevito9265 you're Sanmarinese? How can I contact you? I have many questions, haha

    • @kevineckelkamp
      @kevineckelkamp 4 года назад +6

      Yea Lincoln totally respected sovereignty....oh wait....

    • @citiwoman53
      @citiwoman53 4 года назад +1

      A

    • @palestinabaddie
      @palestinabaddie 3 года назад

      @@IvanAkinfiev san marinian

  • @kendallshanks6962
    @kendallshanks6962 4 года назад +53

    I absolutely loved San Marino! You can go to their tourism building and pay €5 for a fancy passport stamp, definitely the coolest one I’ve collected so far. The local moscato is so good that I split a bottle with friend and accidentally ran into a street sign and gave myself a concussion. It was quite the trip.

  • @jacobhuff3748
    @jacobhuff3748 4 года назад +177

    Napoleon Bonaparte to San Marino "I'll give you much of your neighbors' land as you want"
    San Marino(Antonio Onofri): "wars end, but neighbours remain" no thanks but we'll take some wheat and a few artillery pieces.
    One Waterloo later San Marino received wheat, no artillery pieces and no grudges from any neighbors.

    • @hugolafhugolaf
      @hugolafhugolaf 4 года назад +2

      «its»

    • @jacobhuff3748
      @jacobhuff3748 4 года назад +2

      @@hugolafhugolaf pardon my French

    • @ZGearbox_AT
      @ZGearbox_AT 4 года назад +12

      Outstanding move

    • @matteoventurini6880
      @matteoventurini6880 4 года назад +11

      That was one of the greatest things San Marino has ever done.

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      YEah Great neutrality! Up until UKraine....they broke tradition now...

  • @trinaholman4083
    @trinaholman4083 4 года назад +13

    San Marino is well known to philatelists. One of their chief exports being postage stamps. When I was young before losing my entire collection in a fire, I had a specialty album chock a block with "Art on Stamps", the majority of which were from San Marino. Micro states are big on postage stamps for collectors.

  • @ag0nii
    @ag0nii 2 года назад +16

    I traveled to San Marino on my last trip to Italy, and i have to say it was amazing. Such an amazing place and so cool to be at the top of everything and looking out over the landscape. Can´t wait to revisit it again

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      Its possible Italy wouldnt have unified if we didnt hide GAribaldi for a cpl nights as he was able to escape north from papal troops and unify italy

  • @0ldFrittenfett
    @0ldFrittenfett 4 года назад +266

    The "My little Tony" cake story made me laugh out loud alone in my apartement.

    • @magnificentfailure2390
      @magnificentfailure2390 4 года назад +8

      I was there with you.

    • @briebel2684
      @briebel2684 4 года назад +3

      I think the world really did need that funny useless fact right now with the seriousness of the virus going about.

    • @katherinegilks3880
      @katherinegilks3880 4 года назад

      I didn’t find it funny. All I pictured was a little girl crying. Sure, it isn’t a big deal, but it isn’t even like the girl would get the reference. Of course, perhaps the parents got a new cake and she never knew. Still, wasn’t the best ending for an otherwise good documentary. (Sorry - lots of disappointed people right now so I didn’t really need to hear this.)

    • @alexl572
      @alexl572 4 года назад +7

      @@katherinegilks3880 lol lighten up.

    • @katherinegilks3880
      @katherinegilks3880 4 года назад +2

      @@alexl572Buddy, never in the history of lightening up has anyone done so by being ordered to do it. You're just being a jerk. All I shared was my personal reaction. If you found it funny, fine.

  • @TriviaNight
    @TriviaNight 4 года назад +138

    San Marino, one of the spots I was supposed to go on vacation this year...

  • @ChakatSandwalker
    @ChakatSandwalker 4 года назад +37

    I'm so glad you mentioned their Eurovision participation. Really hoping their entry this year 1) qualifies and 2) gets higher than 19th.

    • @capncaviar
      @capncaviar 3 года назад +2

      Well if they don't qualify in 2021 there is something massively wrong, they put alot of effort in this year and hope they get the love they deserve after putting that much effort in.

  • @tacticalpacciani6147
    @tacticalpacciani6147 4 года назад +85

    I remember a couple of years back there was a lorry transiting through san marino which was transporting two italian APC "tanks" and stopped there at a gas station...poor little San marinese thought they were being invaded

    • @flavio_spqr
      @flavio_spqr 4 года назад +28

      Similar situations have happened a few times in Liechtenstein. They were "invaded" by Switzerland a couple of times during military exercises, by mere disorientation of the Swiss soldier reading the map at the time.

    • @MaxiTB
      @MaxiTB 4 года назад +11

      No worries, Austria has military crossing in the past as well (ofc only UN mission because we are neutral). The only time someone was really thinking about using Austrian grounds as a shortcut (Serbs during the war in Yugoslavia), they were greeted by an Austrian tank regiment, so they decided it's not really worth the effort :-)

    • @barfazoid5773
      @barfazoid5773 3 года назад

      Yeah, and with the weak Sammarinese Armed Forces, they probably could easily be invaded

    • @tylerhill9510
      @tylerhill9510 3 года назад

      @@barfazoid5773 should they be worried about Italy invading? Lol 😆

    • @barfazoid5773
      @barfazoid5773 3 года назад

      @@tylerhill9510 Nah, if italy wanted to invade a microstate near them, they’d invade Vatican, San Marino has a way higher population than vatican, and SM has an Armed Forces while Vatican doesn’t. They’d be stupid to invade San Marino

  • @YoutubeBorkedMyOldHandle_why
    @YoutubeBorkedMyOldHandle_why 4 года назад +12

    I had never heard of San Marino, until in 2000 when I happened to meet the San Marino Consul General to Brasil in (let's call it) a 'social setting' not far from São Paulo. Interestingly, he was apparently Italian and not even a citizen of San Marino. I can tell you though, he really seemed to enjoy his job. Pretty amazing that such a small country is able to maintain embassies and consulates around the world.

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      CHeck out Abraham Lincolns letter of congrats when he was bunkered down by jesuits lookin for answers....

    • @powelmurunga5690
      @powelmurunga5690 2 месяца назад

      Just heard of it today @42 years😊

  • @cycadaacolyte6349
    @cycadaacolyte6349 4 года назад +16

    My Little Tony
    *Typos Are Magic*

  • @GreenPlasma
    @GreenPlasma 4 года назад +52

    The Republic of Dan Marino.
    I was listening to this while driving so I heard my brain made it Dan Marino. Laces Out!

    • @ianmurphy9955
      @ianmurphy9955 3 года назад

      Finkel is Einhorn, Einhorn is Finkel, he found Mr Winky lmao

  • @esbenjakobsen4575
    @esbenjakobsen4575 4 года назад +26

    Well, since you now have covered both Vatican City and San Marino, you now have to make a video on Lesotho (although it's HUGE compared to the others), if nothing else just to complete the trio.
    Also: Surprised you didn't mention Massimo Bonini among examples of famous Sammarinese.

  • @etrnl_t
    @etrnl_t Год назад +3

    The bromance between San Marino and Abraham Lincoln is criminally underrated.

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      yeah think when jesuits were gettin to him.. he reached out? like how the fck you guys deal with them?? lol

  • @davidanderson9664
    @davidanderson9664 4 года назад +2

    Excellent video. I regard myself as an amateur R.S.M. watcher after a visit there and I still learned from your piece. I'll watch some more and donate. Thx! D.A., J.D., NYC (but my heart is in Serraville!)

  • @alexanderveritas
    @alexanderveritas 4 года назад +8

    I live in Bologna, a city close enough to San Marino. Been there a few times. I have to admit it is a nice place indeed, had some good times there, definitely I place worth visiting at least once in a lifetime.

    • @garymaidman625
      @garymaidman625 3 года назад

      One of my favourite places in all of Italy is also near Bologna. That is the city of Ravenna. Such an amazing place. We never made it to Bologna. We went from Modena to Ravenna and stayed overnight in Rimini (don't get me started on that place 🤬).

  • @amb163
    @amb163 4 года назад +66

    Now I need to go to San Marino. Maybe AFTER the Covid-19 crisis...

    • @Dosai99
      @Dosai99 4 года назад +4

      Ya, they’re the most infected country right now per capita.. Sucks! :(

    • @kevineckelkamp
      @kevineckelkamp 4 года назад

      If you wouldn't avoid it during flu season, then why during this bullshit crisis?

  • @PeterCombs
    @PeterCombs 3 года назад +3

    San Morina is a terrific little place, great cafe's interesting architecture, nice people and very pretty. They also have the coolest License plates of any country.

  • @piobmhor8529
    @piobmhor8529 4 года назад +8

    I visited San Marino in 2017. Wonderful people, and a very beautiful place.

    • @MRLBRMNN
      @MRLBRMNN 4 года назад

      Lol me too, maybe we where there at the same time.. i was shocked how many czechs and poles where there

    • @kevvv13
      @kevvv13 2 года назад

      I also went in 2017 lol had an amazing time 🥲
      I was there in June

  • @paulwoida8249
    @paulwoida8249 4 года назад +36

    Part of my mother's family came from Luxemburg, which I would like to see. I stayed there for a couple of days on a trip to Europe. The train went through a huge fog cloud to get there and left through a huge fog cloud. It was nice and sunny in Luxemburg though. I'm not totally sure I traveled to the Luxemburg on our world or not.🤔

    • @stuglife5514
      @stuglife5514 4 года назад +1

      Paul Woida WHOOO HELL YEA HELLO BROTHER my family hails from the town of Medernach, and we share the last name of the city.

  • @ghostofluck1811
    @ghostofluck1811 4 года назад +14

    Love geographics, biographics,top tenz, business blaze, today I found out! All the channels are awesome!

    • @fabcorp5174
      @fabcorp5174 4 года назад

      Ghost of Luck visualpolitks?

    • @ghostofluck1811
      @ghostofluck1811 4 года назад

      @@fabcorp5174 oh I missed that one. Good catch! I love it as well.

  • @negativenancy9482
    @negativenancy9482 4 года назад +20

    San Marino is AWESOME. been there lots of times. it's the most idillic town/state i've ever visited. i would recommend a visit to everyone

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, but please IGNORE that cringy vampire and torture exhibits, they are tourist traps!

    • @einezcrespo2107
      @einezcrespo2107 3 года назад

      @@FlagAnthem Noted! lol

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      there is always something to do in summer in Rimini, Riccione Clubbing at another level

    • @brianarbenz1329
      @brianarbenz1329 Год назад

      The food sounds great.

  • @boomer6611
    @boomer6611 2 года назад +6

    Man you are Hilarious! I went to San Marino in the early 80's when I was posted to Italy. Great place for a young American Paratrooper ... never drew a sober breath. Good times.

  • @maizehawaii
    @maizehawaii 4 года назад +22

    Visited in 1984 as a 12 year old, was awsome the drive up had full automatic ak47 weapons displayed in shop windows for sale. Still have novelty crossbow and mace (FULLY FUNCTIONAL) my father bought for me.

    • @absalomdraconis
      @absalomdraconis 4 года назад +10

      I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the idea of a _non_ functional mace.

    • @maizehawaii
      @maizehawaii 4 года назад +3

      @@absalomdraconis yea me too it's spiky solid steel on a chain with a wooden handle and it has not been nerfed. Yup was way less dangerous than what my dad played with. I can't wrap my head around that.

    • @jamesbael6255
      @jamesbael6255 4 года назад +2

      @@maizehawaii that's not a mace. A mace's head is fixed. There are a lot of ways to describe that correctly, but mace is not one of them.

    • @maizehawaii
      @maizehawaii 4 года назад +2

      @@jamesbael6255 my bad my fellow sentient being ; ) I too value accurate data exchange, Overwrite corrupt data with new data packet [001100mace01110

  • @mar.tina99
    @mar.tina99 4 года назад +14

    My gosh! I'm from San Marino and this video randomly popped up in my RUclips recommendations🙈😆

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад +2

    0:40 - Chapter 1 - Getting there
    4:35 - Chapter 2 - The three towers
    6:25 - Chapter 3 - Guarding independence
    12:30 - Mid roll ads
    13:55 - Chapter 4 - Dark times on mount titano
    17:20 - Chapter 5 - Of colourful soldiers & sketchy bread

  • @Angel_1394
    @Angel_1394 2 года назад +4

    Have never heard of this place. Want to visit now!

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      Remember when Snookie got wasted in Italy went to jail..... thats where they were lol

  • @DriftKing18594
    @DriftKing18594 4 года назад +29

    2:47 the lack of a Grand Prix doesn't help either.

  • @fyr_og_flamme_vasil
    @fyr_og_flamme_vasil 3 года назад +1

    My favourite citizen of San Marino is Valentina Monetta (singer who competed in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017 Eurovision Song Contest)

  • @xLucy_Hx
    @xLucy_Hx 4 года назад +3

    Freetown, Christania, Copenhagen, Denmark would be a fascinating video :)

  • @allenmorningstar9301
    @allenmorningstar9301 2 года назад +3

    I would Ike to suggest Lesotho, Africa, as a focus of one of your descriptions.

  • @joseantoniolago5857
    @joseantoniolago5857 4 года назад +42

    Sorry but, Mortadella is NOT Baloney.

    • @Legitpenguins99
      @Legitpenguins99 4 года назад +1

      How dare you criticize our time honored tradition of making up stupid names!!

    • @dekishajones282
      @dekishajones282 4 года назад

      jose antonio lago bologna with pistachios!

    • @lbreithart
      @lbreithart 4 года назад

      I mean.. its pink... I cant eat wierd meat product... too wierd looking..

    • @wellaciccio2362
      @wellaciccio2362 3 года назад

      I was about to write it.

  • @jenniferjsaracino
    @jenniferjsaracino 4 года назад +2

    I did my geo report on san marino in primary school! It was nice visiting it again, someday I’d like to visit it in person.

  • @bjornsan
    @bjornsan 4 года назад +4

    Been there once as a kid. Would like to go back some day. The things I remember are the castles, the guards, a WW2 museum and shops filled with weapons for sale.

    • @toms6728
      @toms6728 4 года назад +1

      What kind of weapons?

    • @Oxy_J_YT
      @Oxy_J_YT 2 года назад

      @@toms6728 guns, swords and medieval stuff

  • @andrewbecker1013
    @andrewbecker1013 4 года назад +1

    You should do one on the medieval Peasant Republic of Dithmarschen.

  • @AHJ789
    @AHJ789 4 года назад +19

    Get ready for a night out or geographics 🤔
    Geographics it is!!

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 Год назад

    This was thorough and lively. This is my go-to for info on San Marino from now on. I’ve always been fascinated by the microstates. Thanks, Simon.

  • @Gdub33
    @Gdub33 4 года назад +1

    I love your videos buddy. Have been watching them for years. This sounds weird but they have gotten me through some hard times. Thank you man!

  • @jayakrishnanb9661
    @jayakrishnanb9661 4 года назад +26

    All I knew about San Marino was the Imola racing track. That changed after watching this video.

    • @nathanlong8295
      @nathanlong8295 4 года назад +4

      That's part of Italy.

    • @Daniel-mq4zt
      @Daniel-mq4zt 4 года назад +8

      So basically nothing since the race track isn't located in San Marino

    • @David-lr2vi
      @David-lr2vi 4 года назад

      jayakrishnan b. The “San Marino Grand Prix” is just an excuse for Italy to have two Grands Prix”.

    • @sporkafife
      @sporkafife 4 года назад

      @@David-lr2vi and then Spain used the excuse of hosting a "European Grand Prix" to do the same thing!

    • @Martin_Daniel
      @Martin_Daniel 4 года назад

      @@sporkafife Spain also hosts 3 Moto Grand Prix.

  • @ImGoingSupersonic
    @ImGoingSupersonic 3 года назад +4

    I loved San Marino when he played football for the Dolphins.

  • @morskojvolk
    @morskojvolk 4 года назад +10

    The Faroe Islands would be a nice addition to your micro-state series.

  • @kiezorfc8559
    @kiezorfc8559 2 года назад +2

    San Marino and Andorra are two of the most beautiful places in the world

  • @The-Filth_ps
    @The-Filth_ps 4 года назад +6

    Imagine building that Castle on that massive hill by hand. I just wish I could go back in time for a few hours just to see how things were at different time periods I think that would be really fascinating.

    • @hugolafhugolaf
      @hugolafhugolaf 4 года назад

      Slackers and unions didn't exist, that's for sure.

    • @morrigan191
      @morrigan191 4 года назад +1

      Have you seen the videos "the secrets of the castle"? They built a castle using only the materials, tools and methods available during the time period. It's a pretty fun watch IMO

    • @The-Filth_ps
      @The-Filth_ps 4 года назад

      @@morrigan191 no I haven't definitely gonna check it out now thanks!

    • @FlagAnthem
      @FlagAnthem 4 года назад +1

      Remember that they were totally rebuilt in the early 1900s

  • @Papaduke
    @Papaduke 3 года назад +2

    You can't help but love a place called The Most Serene Republic.

  • @juancasinisterra
    @juancasinisterra 4 года назад +2

    Do Malta next!

  • @ImranMt.
    @ImranMt. 2 года назад +1

    YES! I WANT TO SEE MEDICI/BLASI 1320! Pretty please, with an in season fresh Royal Ann cherry on top! Thx!

  • @annescholey6546
    @annescholey6546 4 года назад +25

    Can you do Lichtenstein?

  • @ninchan2
    @ninchan2 4 года назад +1

    how about a vid on Gibraltar? not necessarily a micro-state, but a micro-place indeed: a cross between southern Spain and England which you can traverse on foot within an hour, and a spot where you could casually walk through one of few British land borders. not to mention the rather interesting history and a landing strip that is also a road.

  • @stonnedgunnertv23
    @stonnedgunnertv23 4 года назад +1

    Never heard of this and it's simply the coolest when I get off work hop on to watch my favorite educator show me and teach me new things brilliant.🤙

  • @IrKeNoVa
    @IrKeNoVa 3 года назад +1

    I'm from LATAM. Been living here for 30 years, and i've never heard of "an italian Elvis"...

  • @vandercecil9449
    @vandercecil9449 4 года назад +9

    What is probably the wealthiest community in Los Angeles, though little known even among Angelenos , is also called San Marino. Rockefeller scions live there.

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      I lived in beverly hills of SM ..... richest guy was a jeweler...Arzilli.... . Most jews were expelled in 1442....but still few there... Jews have found some recent old documents to submit to their database about their small community 600 yr ago

  • @capncaviar
    @capncaviar 3 года назад +1

    San Marino acting as a safe haven for refugees while acting like they were on board with the big scary countries is the acting performance of the century, its the combination of relative obscurity and general friendliness and flexibility that let them keep their independence, and its cool that they used those traits to help others in need, even though they have little to give and the risks if found out massive. I think I fell in love with the underdog scrappy mountain nation and excited to see them at eurovusion this year because who would have thought they would actually have a shot at winning?!? Underdogs through and through but thats what I love about them

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      FAstest Goal in Fifa Competion too lol

  • @garymaidman625
    @garymaidman625 3 года назад +3

    A fun fact. Bologna is the communist capital of Italy. Another fun fact. Mussolini is from the outskirts of a nearby town called Forli. Both Bologna and Forli are close to San Marino.

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      so .. thats why we have 2 Captains and 6 month terms... San Marino was refuge for hermits what montains are for.... his dyin words were.... " I leave you free from the 2 men" referring to Emperor and Pope

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      san marino was first in world to elect a communist government... 1 of the 2 Captains

  • @erichuizar5881
    @erichuizar5881 4 года назад +5

    Never thought I would hear Simon say “Pinkie Pie”

  • @BronnyJamesBricks
    @BronnyJamesBricks Год назад +1

    One of the darkest was at the San Marino GP, when Ayrton Senna lost his life while leading the F1 race

  • @Rich-MarsEco
    @Rich-MarsEco 4 года назад +1

    I'd love to see any of these: *Azores, *Madeira, *Canary Islands, *Balearic Islands, Lichtenstein, Malta, Monaco, *Hong Kong, *Zanzibar, *Macau, *New Caledonia (but just voted on independence,) *Bougainville (also just voted on independence,) **Guernsey/Jersey, *Faroe Islands, *Heligoland, *Åland Islands, *Barbuda, *Cayman Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe, Mauritius, (*,) *Mayotte, *Réunion, *Corsica, *Sardinia, Maldives/*British Indian Ocean Territory, Comoros, Seychelles, ***Kurdistan (stemming from their official autonomous status in Iraq,) *Karelia, *Tuva, Kosovo & Metohija, *Navarre, *Basque Country, *Falkland Islands**Ceuta/Melilla/Gibraltar, **Cook Islands/Niue, *Puerto Rico, **Aruba/Bonaire/Curaçao, **Spanish/USA/British Virgin Islands, *Isle of Man, Barbados, Samoa/*American Samoa, *Greenland.

  • @rchuso
    @rchuso 4 года назад

    Been there ('79) when there was a road race going on up and down the mountain. Loved it.

  • @jamesschulziii9098
    @jamesschulziii9098 4 года назад +2

    A rather interesting and historical micro state. Great job guys.😎

  • @donsandsii4642
    @donsandsii4642 2 года назад +4

    Lincoln had dual citizenship, wow

  • @spencerjones7985
    @spencerjones7985 4 года назад +1

    Video on Eritrea would be very interesting. Another amazing historical video though great work guys

  • @Perririri
    @Perririri 4 года назад +19

    Fun fact: As of " Pi Day, 2020, " San Marino has the highest per-capita CoViD19 infection rate in the world, at 0.23%.

    • @angadgrewal7386
      @angadgrewal7386 4 года назад +2

      People in San Marino died of coved most

    • @giacomodevito9265
      @giacomodevito9265 4 года назад +9

      @@angadgrewal7386 I'm sammarinese and I'm alive

  • @havolei
    @havolei 4 года назад +1

    I think you should cover both Monaco and Liechtenstein, before ending this superb series.

  • @lisarose5459
    @lisarose5459 4 года назад

    I mean, all these videos are fascinating, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that this is my favourite channel because of Simon.

    • @activatefiasco5843
      @activatefiasco5843 2 года назад

      *No PoLice OFFicer Died from Any Injuries from Jan. 6, 2021 just FaKe News!!!*

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 Год назад

    23:55 In other words, all of the "heavy hitters"...🤣🤣🤣

  • @BADVlBES
    @BADVlBES 4 года назад

    Hey man, love the videos! Keep doing what you’re doing its amazing, so many details are put into this video like how the background is a warm orange whilst your shirt is a cool blue, polar opposites yet; they complement eachother

  • @seandail1879
    @seandail1879 4 года назад

    This episode is a roller coaster.

  • @mattiacastelnuovo6386
    @mattiacastelnuovo6386 3 года назад +1

    You showed the photo of Victor Emmanuel III while talking about Victor Emmanuel II

  • @Greatblue56
    @Greatblue56 4 года назад

    What an informative and entertaining video! Thank you so very much! ❤️😊👍🏽

  • @ImranMt.
    @ImranMt. 2 года назад +1

    I’ll be sharing the link with Pillole di Storia, a Biblioteca di Alessandria creation. Thx!

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi 4 года назад

    The background music is beautiful but a bit too loud.. makes it difficult to hear the fascinating video. Love this channel!

  • @mauroaggiomattone6087
    @mauroaggiomattone6087 4 года назад

    Minute 11,24 : the man in the picture seems to be King Vittorio Emanuele III, not V.E. II. Great fan of your videos, professor. Double benefit, learning things+improving english . All my respect and best regards

  • @caradocapcunobelin2875
    @caradocapcunobelin2875 4 года назад

    I like the music playing during the ad. Great idea sir.

  • @RaccoonTubeHole
    @RaccoonTubeHole 4 года назад

    I now have to look up those pasta recipes. The food looks & sounds delicious

  • @ToMoOhKa
    @ToMoOhKa 4 года назад +1

    A video on Transnistria would be nice !

  • @PeterCombs
    @PeterCombs 4 года назад

    a very nice little country, worth the visit..they have VERY cool license plates too.

  • @robnew808
    @robnew808 4 года назад +1

    Dear Simon,
    I have watched so many of your videos and I have never been offended by what you have said until now. Mortadella is absolutely not the same as Bologna and shame on your sir for even mentioning them in the same breath let alone making that comparisson! I'm going to go cry now and pray for your wayward soul.

  • @Skollscatha
    @Skollscatha 4 года назад

    I'm digging the shaggy professor beard quarantine looks good on you sir

  • @vernicethompson4825
    @vernicethompson4825 4 года назад

    You mentioned Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Two great videos to make next!

  • @emmetcone1990
    @emmetcone1990 3 года назад +2

    So, irony of ironies, I watched this episode today. Today, San Marino won their first Olympic metal.

  • @masterchinese28
    @masterchinese28 3 года назад +1

    Micro nation suggestion: the cautionary tale of Nauru 🇳🇷

  • @Concussed1.
    @Concussed1. 3 года назад

    Went there on a Sunday and almost everything was closed but it was beautiful. 👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️

  • @jameslevens2121
    @jameslevens2121 4 года назад

    Great video. Have you thought about a video concerning Nauru, one of the smallest republics in the world? Thank you.

  • @GoodVideos4
    @GoodVideos4 4 года назад +1

    I saw in an article that small places like San Marino, and almost all other such places in Europe, are some of the least visited in the world. One would reckon that it would be among the most visited, due to being intrigued by them. Then again, there're the busy and tight schedules of many of the travelers, and thus forgetting about them.

    • @ntmn8444
      @ntmn8444 2 года назад

      It’s because people take tours. Don’t take a tour, and you’ll have more time to explore places like this.

    • @maestrozilla
      @maestrozilla Год назад

      Worst is getting cut to commercials evrytime for opening ceremonies at olympics...lol

  • @4primus
    @4primus Год назад +1

    I think it's hilarious yet somewhat endearing that Napoleon seemingly had a soft spot for micro states.

  • @elizabethnash7491
    @elizabethnash7491 4 года назад

    A charming interesting and witty trip. Next best thing to actually travelling there!

  • @northdwarf
    @northdwarf 4 года назад +3

    I still remember Formula One Grand prix in San Marino.

    • @maih9431
      @maih9431 4 года назад +8

      Which was actually held in Italy.

  • @iljackb
    @iljackb 4 года назад

    @Geographics Gotta do Monaco next! (since you already did SM, Lichtenstein, and Andorra)

  • @cazadoo339
    @cazadoo339 4 года назад

    I went there around 30 years ago ! Beautiful

  • @NAILER1892LFC
    @NAILER1892LFC 4 года назад +9

    Tears of laughter over the cake.😂😂😂 Funniest fact ever on Geographics. ❤❤❤

  • @ellie3792
    @ellie3792 Год назад

    If only this video were made after May 2021, then you would have had to mention Flo Rida representing San Marino at Eurovision too. Great video, been fascinated by San Marino and other European micro-states for a while

  • @dr.davidhall3874
    @dr.davidhall3874 4 года назад +1

    I love this channel, and great video. But I do have a note. The picture of Victor Emmanuel II was of his grandson (Victor Emmanuel III). It did not affect my enjoyment and it may already have been noted, but I though you all would like to know😉

  • @ryall1673
    @ryall1673 3 года назад +1

    Do Malta Please

  • @anikomagyar864
    @anikomagyar864 4 года назад

    Wonderful presentation! Franchise Geographics to make a video about Liberland ?

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 Год назад

    Awesome video!

  • @theyellowbox1
    @theyellowbox1 4 года назад

    5:23 is GOLD.

  • @nathanielstove8662
    @nathanielstove8662 Год назад +1

    How has no one made a movie about the Jewish sanctuary stuff, that’s mental!

  • @grahambaker6664
    @grahambaker6664 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting to hear the history of the microstates. You need to cover Tuvalu before it goes under the Pacific Ocean. For a joke you could look at Hutt River Province.