San Marino is a residential city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was incorporated on April 25, 1913. At the 2010 census the population was 13,147. The city is one of the wealthiest places in the nation in terms of household income. By extension, with a median home price of $2,699,098, San Marino is one of the most expensive and exclusive neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area.

The city takes its reveal from the ancient Republic of San Marino, founded by Saint Marinus who fled his house in Dalmatia (modern Croatia) at the grow old of the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. Marinus took refuge at Monte Titano upon the Italian peninsula, where he built a chapel and founded a monastic community in 301 A.D. The give leave to enter which grew from the monastery is the world’s oldest long-lasting republic.

The seal of the City of San Marino, California is modeled on that of the republic, depicting the Three Towers of San Marino each capped past a bronze plume, surrounded by a heart-shaped scroll taking into account two roundels and a lozenge (of unmemorable significance) at the top. The crown representing sovereignty on the native was replaced next five stars, representing the five members of the city’s governing body. Beneath the city’s seal are crossed palm fronds and orangey branches. Other than the city’s use of the herald and copy of the Republic of San Marino seal, there is absolutely no historical relationship between them.

The city highly praised its centennial in 2013, including broadcast by the San Marino Historical Society of a 268-page book, San Marino, A Centennial History, by Elizabeth Pomeroy. In September 2014, this sticker album and author Elizabeth Pomeroy normal a prestigious Award of Merit for Leadership in History from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).