States in the Italian territory: Vatican city & San Marino

Italian Republic hosts within its borders two indipendets state: Vatican city and San Marino.

Vatican City
Vatican city, also know only as Vatican, is a very little state (0,44 km² = 0,170 miles²) where Vatican city is the capital, locatend in the territory of Rome.
It is ruled by an absolute monarchy, actualy the chief of State is Benedetto XVI and the chief of governament is Tarcisio Bertone.
The official language is Latin.

In the Vatican territory there are very many important religius structure, some very ancient. Some example are:

Basilica di San Pietro:



Piazza San Pietro




San Marino

San Marino is the other little state present in the italian borders.
It's measuring 61 km², as 23,55 miles², and have 31,373 inhabitants.
The state capital is San Marino city and the state is ruled by a repubblic and is located in the inner part of the Adriatic coast, between Rimini and Riccione.

The Republic of San Marino has ancient origins, infact is the oldest after Roman Republic.

The official language is Italian.

San Marino, as Vatican, have important ancient structures, for example:

Basilica di San Marino:



Tre rocche on Tinano Mountain



So, who come Italy near Rome, Rimini and Riccione can't miss the opportunity to visit these two as little as interesting state.

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