Why Does San Marino Even Exist?

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The country of San Marino is one of the smallest countries in the world. It is completely surrounded by Italy, is about 24 square miles in area, and has a population of about 33,000 people. The most interesting thing about San Marino is the fact that it exists. Why didn’t San Marino get sucked into Italy like every other city-state on the peninsula? Learn more about tiny San Marino and why it still exists in the 21st century on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The country of San Marino is one of the smallest countries in the world.
0:04.0	It's completely surrounded by Italy. It's about 24 square miles in area
0:08.0	and is a population of about 33,000 people.
0:11.0	But the most interesting thing about San Moreno, however, is the fact that it exists.
0:17.0	Why didn't San Moreno get sucked into Italy like every other city state on the peninsula?
0:21.5	Learn more about tiny San Moreno and why it still exists in the 21st century on this episode of
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