And no, we’re not talking about Vatican City, but another microstate within Italy — the Republic of San Marino, the world’s fifth smallest country, also considered the oldest country in Europe.

This 23-square-mile Country Within a Country Is the Oldest in Europe — and It's Not Vatican City. Here’s why Italy’s other country within a country, San Marino, is worth the detour.

Visitors to northeastern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region might also accidentally stumble into another country entirely. Tiny ...

Vatican City, Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu and San Marino make up the world's smallest countries. The biggest of the group, San Marino, is only 25 square miles. Fox News Media ...

Europe is a good hunting ground for collectors of microstates: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Vatican City, Malta, San Marino and Monaco qualify by dint of size and population. Two are completely within ...

Landlocked San Marino is one of the world's smallest countries. Surrounded by Italy, it is an echo from an era when city-states proliferated across Europe. Mount Titano, part of the Appennine ...

OF ALL the countries in the world, San Marino is the fifth smallest but has a lot to boast about. Completely landlocked and surrounded by Italy, San Marino is the world’s oldest surviving sov… ...

The Vatican might be the smallest nation around, but Eurovision has never shied away from small – remember San Marino? Though San Marino has yet to clinch the win at Eurovision, Vatican City ...

San Marino: San Marino is surrounded by north-central Italy. Its population does not have a single Indian. Tuvalu: Tuvalu is located in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia.