Guide to San Marino
Must See San Marino
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The Palazzo Publico sits on the site of the old Domus Communis Magna, or Large Communal House (a common medieval household that puts the average shared student accommodation to shame), with best guestimates putting construction somewhere between 1380 and 1392.
The first stone of the public palazzo was laid in 1884 to specifications by architectural designer Francesco Azzurri and, in a gesture that reflected the republic's architectural and cultural orgins, the work was undertaken by local stonecutters using stones extracted from the nearby Mount Titano caves. On the occasion of its inauguration, the now renowned speech on 'perpetual liberty' was delivered by local citizen and early republican Giosuè Carducci.
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