Valdragone

{{Short description|Curazie of Borgo Maggiore, San Marino}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Valdragone

| settlement_type = Curazie

| image_skyline = Valdragone, San Marino.jpg

| image_caption =

| image_map = San Marino Borgo Maggiore.png

| map_caption = Location of Borgo Maggiore within San Marino

| pushpin_map = San Marino

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within San Marino

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|San Marino}}

| subdivision_type1 = Castello

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Borgo Maggiore.JPG}} Borgo Maggiore

| population_total = 6983

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 =

| area_footnotes =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coordinates = {{coord|43|56|23.76|N|12|27|27.12|E|region:SM|display=inline}}

| elevation_m = 466

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 47893

| area_code = +378 (0549)

| population_demonym = valdragonesi

| website =

| parts_type = Constituent curazie

| p1 = Valdragone di Sopra, Valdragone di Sotto

}}

Valdragone is a settlement in San Marino comprising two {{Lang|it|curazie}}, Valdragone di Sopra and Valdragone di Sotto, in the {{Lang|it|castello}} of Borgo Maggiore.{{cite web |last1=Rattini |first1=Maurizio |last2=Venturini |first2=Gian Carlo |last3=Volpinari |first3=Antonio L. |date=21 March 1997 |title=Regolamento per la disciplina della campagna elttorale |url=http://www.elezioni.sm/index.php?id=299 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805215911/http://www.elezioni.sm/index.php?id=299 |archivedate=5 August 2009 |accessdate=14 February 2020 |website=Elezioni |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=Borgo Maggiore |url=https://www.sanmarinoweb.it/castelli-di-san-marino/borgo-maggiore/ |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=San Marino Web |language=it-IT}}

Geography

The village is situated east of Borgo Maggiore and also close to Cailungo and Domagnano.

History

The name of Valdragone appears for the first time in historical documents of 1253. The Monastero di Santa Chiara was built from 1969 to 1971.

According to legend, the name "Valdragone" comes from stories of a dragon that appeared there.{{cite book |last=Bent |first=James Theodore |date=1879 |title=A Freak of Freedom; or, The Republic of San Marino |url= https://archive.org/details/freakoffreedomor00bent |location=London |publisher=Longman, Green, and Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/freakoffreedomor00bent/page/104 104] }} From Italian val, apocopic form of valle ("valley") + dragone ("dragon").

References

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