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San Marino Flag
San Marino’s national and state flag has equal horizontal white and light-blue fields, with the official coat of arms centred on the bicolour. Its const...
Where is San Marino?
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About San Marino and its flag
San Marino’s national and state flag has equal horizontal white and light-blue fields, with the official coat of arms centred on the bicolour. Its constitutional description specifies the arms in detail, from the closed crown and three towers to the laurel-and-oak wreath and LIBERTAS scroll.
Flag design and meaning
The top half is white and the lower half light blue, with the official arms in the centre. Those arms include a crowned blue shield with three green mountains and three silver towers, encircled by laurel and oak branches and finished with a ribbon reading LIBERTAS.
- Closed crown above the arms: San Marino’s constitutional declaration explicitly describes the closed crown as a symbol of sovereignty.
History and adoption
The Republic’s official guide dates adoption of the present white-and-blue flag with arms to 6 April 1862. It traces the colour change through a white-and-blue cockade adopted in 1797, and records a slight modification in 2011, when constitutional legislation regulated the flag’s use, colours and design.
How to recognise this flag
- Identify the clean white-over-light-blue horizontal bicolour before looking at the central detail.
- The centred arms are especially distinctive: three feather-topped towers beneath a closed crown, with a LIBERTAS scroll and a wreath of two branches.
San Marino flag quiz context
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Its region is listed as Europe, which helps place the country among nearby geography questions in the game.
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