Territory San Marino
In heart of Italy, on the border between the Emilia Romagna and Marche Regions, the Republic of San Marino has an overall extension of just 61,196 square kilometers. It is the third smallest country in Europe, immediately after Monaco and Vatican City.
Mount Titano with its three jutting peaks is the symbol of the Country; it marks the beginning of the Tuscan-Romagna section of the Apennines and, with its 749 meters over sea level, it is the highest point in the Country. In effect, the mount has an unusual configuration as compared to the surrounding territory which is prevalently hilly. Actually, it is a large sandy limestone rock, residual of the fragmentation of a large undersea plate over twenty-million years ago. Other fragments formed mounts which today are called: Della Verna, Simoncello, Fumaiolo, San Leo.
Some mountain streams, beginning on Mount Titano, join the main rivers which flow across the San Marino territory; among these: the Marano and the Marecchia rivers which, after approximately twenty kilometers, flow into the Adriatic Sea: the Marano at Riccione and the Marecchia at Rimini. The lowest point in the Country is Falciano, Municipality of Serravalle, which is only 55 meters above sea level.
