According to books and historians The city SAN MARINO is th oldest republic which got independence in 301 A.D This is third smallest country in the world. http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/articles/san_marino.htm
What kind of castles do you mean?? Anyway, I can answer for europe, where it's either Belgium, France or the Czech Republic.
Vaishali (Part of Modern State Bihar, India) is oldest and first Republic of World. It became repulic in 600 B.C
Ethiopia is the most oldest country known to man
The oldest surviving bank is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472.
The Roman Republic was the first republic in Europe, and all other republics are redirected from it. (except for an Indian republic that existed before the Roman Republic, but the system there was different from modern republics).
San Marino is the tiny country located in the Italian peninsula which is the smallest republic in the world. It also claims to be the oldest state in Europe, having been founded in 301 AD.
The Vatican is the smallest country in the world. However, it is not the oldest as it has only been in existence as a country since 1929. The oldest country in Europe is hard to determine since boundaries, names and governments have change so frequently over thousands of years. Your question would have to declare what basis is to be used. For information on the oldest countries in the world, see the link below.
San Marino is the oldest country in Europe for sure, since it became independent from the Roman Empire in September 3, 301 AD. It is also proclaimed to be the oldest country in the world, but that is still not known for sure.
According to books and historians The city SAN MARINO is th oldest republic which got independence in 301 A.D This is third smallest country in the world. http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/articles/san_marino.htm
The oldest microstate of Europe was actually the first established country in the world. San Marino is this microstate, and achieved independence from the Roman Empire in 301.
The 20 oldest countries in the world based on their founding dates include: San Marino (301 AD) France (843 AD) Bulgaria (681 AD) Portugal (1143 AD) Andorra (1278 AD) Switzerland (1291 AD) Sweden (c.980 AD) Denmark (c.960 AD) Norway (c.872 AD) United Kingdom (1707 AD) Iceland (c.930 AD) Finland (1917 AD) Japan (660 BC) China (221 BC) Iran (550 BC) Afghanistan (c.1747 AD) Armenia (301 AD) Georgia (c.978 AD) Morocco (788 AD) Ethiopia (c.980 BC)
San Marino was truly the first established country. It gained independence from the Roman Empire in 301 and was the first republic.
Bulgaria has the very first created gold. It then has spred throughout europe.
san marino is the smallest country in the world.
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In Europe, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, and the Republic of Ireland.