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Legend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents.

The art of silk weaving and sericulture in Tuscany flourished in the 14th century; the main production was in Lucca, though it soon expanded to Florence, Venice and Genoa.

Spurred by a "restless spirit" and the help of his friends, he tried his hand in many businesses, including sericulture and hospitality.

The organization’s mandate was to preserve and advance sericulture throughout the Caucasus, and in 1891, it erected an edifice that accommodated a museum.

Soon after the second conflict, Italy began a period of industrialization which was to spell the end of sericulture.