I know this is mostly about food, and I know I could look this up easily enough, but I wanted to know how San Marino managed not to be absorbed into Italy the way every other microstate was. (In outlying parts of Piemonte, some folks still seem peeved about it)
Good question. Since it was originally a monastic community, it seems to have been protected by various Popes until the Napoleonic era. Since then, it looks like they were very strategic about currying favors, convincing Napoleon to let them remain an independent state, then later when Lincoln was president offering him an alliance between two republics and giving him personally citizenship, which he accepted (!).
I know this is mostly about food, and I know I could look this up easily enough, but I wanted to know how San Marino managed not to be absorbed into Italy the way every other microstate was. (In outlying parts of Piemonte, some folks still seem peeved about it)
Good question. Since it was originally a monastic community, it seems to have been protected by various Popes until the Napoleonic era. Since then, it looks like they were very strategic about currying favors, convincing Napoleon to let them remain an independent state, then later when Lincoln was president offering him an alliance between two republics and giving him personally citizenship, which he accepted (!).
Thank you for the beautiful photos of landscapes, architecture, and foods. Now we need to visit Ramini and San Marino