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Sammarinese Food History

Historical period

Traditional foundation by the stonemason Marinus in 301; a medieval communal republic on the mountain, with the statutes of 1600 still in force; subsistence hill agriculture — wheat, maize after the Columbian exchange, vines, olives, sheep, pigs and chestnuts — with real poverty and emigration in the 19th century; the 1862 friendship and customs treaty with Italy that has governed supply ever since; refuge given to over 100,000 people in the Second World War, several times its own population, which is a food-supply story as well as a humanitarian one; and the postwar shift to tourism, light industry and banking.

Atlas — where and when

What is recorded

  • San Marino sheltered over 100,000 refugees during the Second World War, several times its own population, which was a food-supply crisis as well as a humanitarian act. The 1862 treaty of friendship and customs with Italy has governed the Republic’s food supply since. documented
  • The treaty of friendship and customs with Italy, which has governed San Marino’s food supply ever since. documented
  • San Marino shelters over 100,000 refugees, several times its own population — a food-supply crisis as much as a humanitarian act. documented
  • Traditional foundation of San Marino by the stonemason Marinus. ⚠ A founding tradition, not a documented event. folk claim

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