Arriving at Guglielmo Marconi airport, in Bologna (Italy)
Ruth & I were met, by a representative of
The San Marino Amateur Radio Society.
It is the closest airport to San Marino, serviced by a variety of airlines.
We entered the bus, and made the 135 km trip to San Marino in a little more than 1� hour.
We were there in November 2002, in conjunction with the I.A.R.U. Region 1 Conference, we represented Israel at the tri-annual conference, which San Marino hosted.
San Marino Republic, occupies an area of 60 square km, has a population of about 28 thousand inhabitants.
It is a mountainous region, which culminates in Mount Titano. (750 m. above sea level)
The country is carved up into 9 provinces, each one with its own history dating back to the years before 1460. In that year San Marino was at war with the overlord of Rimini, and aided by The Church with Pope Pius II, as well as the King of Naples and the Count of Urbino, it added territory which it is holding till the present.
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