Mount Titano | mountain, San Marino, Europe | Britannica (original) (raw)

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design of San Marino flag

• In flag of San Marino
  At the peak of Mount Titano in the Italian Apennines are three towers (Guaita, Cesta, and Montale) in the fortifications surrounding the city of San Marino. At the top of each tower there is a metal vane in the form of an ostrich plume, perhaps a pun on the…
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features of San Marino

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  In San Marino: Geography
  …huge, central limestone mass of Mount Titano (2,424 feet [739 metres]); hills spread out from it on the southwest, whereas the northeastern part gently slopes down toward the Romagna plain and the Adriatic coast. The silhouette of Mount Titano, with its three summits crowned by ancient triple fortifications, may be…
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