San+Marino

San Marino

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According to San Marino tradition a man by the name of Saint Marinus and his best friend Leo left the island of Rab in Croatia and then went to the city Rimini as a mason. After persecution he ended up escaping to nearby Monte Titano, and from there built a tiny church and then and that founded what is now the city and the state of San Marino. The official date that San Marino ended up starting the republic is Dec. 3 301 A.D. A community was formed by the mid-5th century, because of its poverty and inability to get there easily this community has succeeded with the interruptions being brief, in maintaining its independence. Its independence was recognized in 1631 by the papacy. Napoleons army advanced in 1977 because of this it presented a brief threat to San Marino’s Independence. Except that the country of San Marino was saved the liberty thanks is to the Regents, Antonio Onofri,, who was able to gain Napoleons respect and friendship. Napoleon, thanks to his intervention with a letter delivered to man by the name of Gasparre Monge, a very successful scientist and commissary of the French government for art and science, promised that the independence of the republic offering to extend its territory according to its need. San Marino declined the offer fearing to provoke future revanchism that might threaten its all and powerful freedom.