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Valdragone

settlement in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ1132070 ↗
Source-derived summary

Valdragone is a settlement in San Marino comprising two curazie, Valdragone di Sopra and Valdragone di Sotto, in the castello of Borgo Maggiore.

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The name of Valdragone appears for the first time in historical documents of 1253.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. From Italian val, apocopic form of valle ("valley") + dragone ("dragon").

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Valdragone” as settlement in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1253, 1969, 1971—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Valdragone, settlement and Borgo can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as settlement in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1132070. VIAF identifies the subject as 2291147270365835700008. Authority coordinates are 43.940, 12.458. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1253, 1969 and 1971.

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This entry incorporates text from “Valdragone” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.