As the only surviving medieval commune in the Italian Peninsula, the history of San Marino is intertwined with the medieval, Renaissance and modern-day history of the Italian peninsula, according to tradition beginning with its foundation in 301 AD.
Cesare Borgia (here painted by Altobello Melone) briefly took control of San Marino in 1503.
Guards of the Council speaking to British army personnel in October 1944
Marinus was an Early Christian and the founder of a chapel and monastery in 301 from whose initial community the state of San Marino later grew.
Portrait by Stefano Bolognini, 1740
Painting of Saint Marinus descending from heaven surrounded by the people of San Marino, painting located within the Palazzo Pubblico