Museum and Archeo Series
An Exclusive Collection
Two series of Telephone Cards;
unusual, precious, historical, original and evocative
The first series consists of four cards on a single art theme;
iconography of St. Marino, the founder of our Republic as seen by famous painters of the past:
Pompeo Batoni
Bartolomeo Gennari
Giovan Battista Urbinelli
Emilio Retrosi
The second series consists of four cards focused on archeological theme;
objects representing traces of ancient peoples who inhabited Mount Titano through the centuries:
Arched Bronze Brooch
Zoomorphic Cup Handle
Small Statue of Mercury
Gold Stud from “Domagnano Treasure”
A very limited edition of 1000 numbered copy available in one size for each subject. A part of this exclusive collection is available to the public worldwide "on-line" from September 3rd 2004 on digicard.sm site
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| Traces of people and civilization |
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Today's image of the Republic of San Marino is associated with the tree towers which dominate the underlaying valleys since medieval age.
But recent excavations (1997-2004) conducted by the Archaeological Section of the State Museums both on top of Mount Titano (Second and Third Tower area) and at the bottom (Poggio Castellano and Ca’Rigo areas) brought to light evidence of protohistorical communities which settled there from the 12th to the 4th century b.C.
Finds of the late Bronze Age are of special historical interest as they testify to the important role played since the 12th century b.C. by the Marecchia Valley - a preferred route in connecting the eastern Po Valley, the Tevere Valley and the mining sites of Tyrrhenian Etruria, in respect of which Mount Titano, original settlement and emblem of the Republic of San Marino, had a monitoring function.
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