- Address: Sala Espositiva Nido del Falco, Contrada dei Magazzeni, Repubblica di San Marino
- Phone: +378 (0549) 991215
- Entrance fee: 15 euros
San Marino is the capital of a tiny state with the same name, which is located on the Apennine peninsula. This state is known as the center of tourism and trade, and its full name is translated as "The Most Serene Republic of San Marino". The capital of the state is famous for its museums, one of which is the Vampiri e Licantropi Museum of San Marino.
Exposition of the museum
Vampiri e Licantropi is considered one of the most unusual museums in San Marino . He is eager to visit everyone who loves mysticism and stories about vampires. But even if you visit the museum just for the sake of interest, then its exhibits will make you flinch.
The museum exposition includes wax figures of all kinds of "evil spirits", beginning from ghouls, witches and vampires and ending with other creatures known to mystic lovers. Here, most of the heroes of the terrible legends are represented, which exist among different peoples and are transmitted from generation to generation for several thousand years.
The entrance to the Vampire Museum is easy to recognize by the three-meter figure of a werewolf, which tourists have long been fond of. But this big guy is the most harmless of all that you will see in the walls of the museum. All your nightmares, fears and phobias will look at you from different corners of this unusual museum. The figures are very realistic and executed in full size, and the dimness reigning in the museum only adds horror to visitors. In addition, the walls of the museum are decorated in red and black, emphasizing vampire themes. Not everyone who comes to this museum can examine all its exhibits until the end.
The most popular figure is the Prince of Darkness - Count Dracula. It is created in the image of Vlad Tepes. His nickname Vlad received for incredible cruelty, which he showed to his enemies, putting them on the stake.
Also popular is the figure of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who is called the "bloody countess". She was famous for her bloodthirstiness and love for tortures, which tormented her servants, and then the daughters of the nobles. When everything was revealed, in punishment for the mountains of corpses, which the countess left behind, she was immured in her own room. In the museum, she sits in a tub full of blood, and holds a glass of blood in her hands.
There are also exhibits of many different rituals and a lot of vampire objects and symbols. In one of the gloomy rooms of the Vampire Museum there is a real creepy coffin with vampire remains, but in other halls you can see many attributes of protection against "wickedness." This is a bunch of garlic, various silver items, amulets. Although even their presence does not reduce the horror that you experience next to unusual exhibits. And a chill runs down the back in every new hall with the appearance of the next eerie spectacle.
Interesting information:
- At the entrance to the museum you can take a folder with information about the exhibits. The information itself has a historical focus and is quite interesting, and all the exhibits are signed and have their own numbers.
- In the museum building there is a shop where you can buy themed souvenirs.
How do I get to the Vampire Museum?
San-Marino has a well-developed transportation system. Buses depart from the station square of Rimini (Bonelli Bus company, departure time of the first bus is 9.00, the last return bus is at 19.20, the approximate ticket price to San Marino is € 6.00). Prices, bus schedules and even maps can be found on the company's website http://www.bonellibus.it/portale/. Buses leave every hour. The journey takes 45 minutes. You can take the bus around the railway station and in the beach area, but there is a high probability of standing all the way. Buses are easy to find by the large inscription "San-Marino".
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