- Capital
- San Marino
- Continent
- Europe
- Flag adopted
- 1862
- Designer
- Not individually credited
San Marino
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewA horizontal bicolour of white and light blue with the national coat of arms in the centre. The two colours of the flag represent peace (white) and liberty (light blue). The coat of arms features three towers on three peaks [the Three Towers of San Marino].
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Symbolism and history(r1)
A white-over-blue bicolor bears the national coat of arms, the three towers on the three peaks of Monte Titano, at center.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
- Honduras72
the same horizontal band layout; the same colours in similar amounts.
- Uruguay61
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Botswana58
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Greece58
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Israel58
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Poland57
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of San Marino (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of San Marino on Wikipedia