Discovering San Marino (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798264391194)

Discovering San Marino is a sweeping cultural portrait of the world's oldest republic-an enclave of continuity, creativity, and quiet resilience. Through vivid chapters on civic rituals, sacred spaces, artisan traditions, and environmental stewardship, Marcello guides readers beyond the postcard image into the republic's living soul. From the solemn investiture of its dual heads of state to the repurposed monasteries that now house universities, this book reveals a society where history is not preserved in amber but practiced in daily life. With formal clarity and narrative grace, Discovering San Marino offers a rare lens into a republic that endures not through spectacle, but through coherence, care, and civic imagination.