Serravalle is a castello located in the Europe

Europe

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an republic of San Marino

San Marino

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...

. With a population of 9,394 inhabitants (of that a scarce 2,000 are of foreign origin, conditions 2006) and a surface of 10.53 km², it is not only the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, but it also contains its largest city (Dogana

Dogana

Dogana may be:*Dogana, a town of San Marino*Dogana, means customs in Italian and can refer to :** Individual Custom Houses such as that of Venice**Agenzia delle Dogane , the Italian customs organisation...

). Serravalle is located on the edge of the Apennines Mountains.

Geography

The town borders on San Marinese municipalities of Domagnano

Domagnano

Domagnano is a municipality in San Marino. It has 2,865 inhabitants in an area of 6.62 km².-Geography:It borders the San Marino municipalities Faetano, Borgo Maggiore, Serravalle and the Italian municipality Coriano.-History:...

 and Borgo Maggiore

Borgo Maggiore

Borgo Maggiore is one of the 9 communes or "castelli" of San Marino. It lies at the foot of Monte Titano and has a population of 5,992 , making it the second largest town of San Marino, after Dogana.-Geography:...

 and the Italian municipalities Verucchio

Verucchio

Verucchio is a comune in the province of Rimini, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It has a population of c. 9,300 and is located at 18 km from Rimini, on a spur overlooking the valley of the Marecchia river.-History:...

, Rimini

Rimini

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 and Coriano

Coriano

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. Serravalle counts a surrounding quarter named Galazzano, where the weather station

Weather station

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 and an industrial area are located.

History

First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this town was called Castrum Olnani (after named Olnano), the village of the elm trees. Serravalle attached to San Marino in 1463, during the last territorial expansion of the Republic. Its current name is derived from the Italian words serra (mountain range) and valle (valley).

Parishes

Serravalle has 8 parishes (curazie):

• Cà Ragni, Cinque Vie, Dogana
  Dogana
  Dogana may be:*Dogana, a town of San Marino*Dogana, means customs in Italian and can refer to :** Individual Custom Houses such as that of Venice**Agenzia delle Dogane , the Italian customs organisation...
  
  , Falciano
  Falciano
  Falciano is a village in northeastern San Marino. It belongs to the castle of Serravalle and is its second civil parrish in order of population after Dogana.-See also:*Serravalle*Cà Ragni*Cinque Vie*Dogana*Lesignano*Ponte Mellini...
  
  , Lesignano, Ponte Mellini, Rovereta
  Rovereta
  Rovereta is a village located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Serravalle. Its name, in Italian language, refers to a wood of "Sessile Oaks".-History:...
  
  , Valgiurata
  Valgiurata
  Valgiurata, also known as Le Tane, is a small village located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Serravalle.-History:...
  
  

Points of interest

• Chiesa di Sant Andrea (Saint Andrea's Church), built in 1824 by Luigi Fonti
• Olympic stadium
  Stadio Olimpico (San Marino)
  Stadio Olimpico is a multi-purpose stadium in Serravalle, San Marino. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the national stadium of San Marino, and is also used by the club San Marino Calcio, which plays in the Italian football league. The Stadio Olimpico was also used by...
  
  , not actually a stadium built to house the Olympics, but rather to house local San Marino football games

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