Guide to San Marino
Must See San Marino
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It's only fitting that a town that weathers the annual incursion of a horde of whining high-octane vehicles driven by Grand Prix drivers should have a Museo di Auto d'Epoca. It's a great experience, particularly if you enjoy looking at cars, both old and new.
Established in 1965 by Emilio Storchi Fermi (also known as Barighin), the museum chronicles the history of cars and motorcycles from 1890 through to 1970. Among the exhibits are the 1910 Zedel belonging to Margherita of Savoia; a 1916 Ford T; and, surprisingly, Pope John XXIII's vehicle, which is not the bubble Pope-mobile we've all come to know and laugh at, but a perfectly respectable and non-pious 1959 Fiat dating from 1920.