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Basilica of San Marino

The neoclassical church of 1838 that keeps the relics of the republic's founder, St. Marinus.

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Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
20 minutes
Address
Piazza Domus Plebis, 47890 San MarinoDirections
Getting There
In the old town, a 5-minute walk from Piazza della Libertà.

Why Go

The basilica, with its portico of columns, stands on the site of a much older church. Beside it, a tiny church of St. Peter has two niches cut into the rock where Marinus and his companion Leo are said to have slept.

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