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History and Tradition
According to tradition, a stone worker from Croatia named Marinus went to the town
of Rimini. Because of his Christian sermons, he escaped persecution and lived on
Monte
Titano, where he built a small church and founded what is now state of San
Marino. The official date of foundation of the Republic is 3 September 301 and the
first community was formed in the mid-5th century.
(Click here to view the full Life Story of Saint
Marino )
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During the early
phase of the Italian unification process of the 19th century, San Marino served
as a refuge for numerous persons who were persecuted because of their support for
the unification. In memory of this support, Giuseppe Garibaldi accepted the wish
of San Marino not to be incorporated into the new Italian state. Successively, Napoleon
III refused to take the country.
In World War II, San Marino did not join Italy in declaring war against the United
Kingdom in 1940 and immediately declared its neutrality.
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