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[OT] Another 'quite-similar' fact happened (in Italy) in 1967, when italian engineer Giorgio Rosa built an artificial island in Adriatic Sea, named it "Rose Isl
by dallagi 13y ago
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Another 'quite-similar' fact happened (in Italy) in 1967, when italian engineer Giorgio Rosa built an artificial island in Adriatic Sea, named it "Rose Island" and declared indipendence. The micro-nation adopted Esperanto as official language, issued a number of stamps and had its own currency.
Unfortunately, Italian government ordered the militar police to destroy it, even thought it was placed in international water.
It was one of the few wars that Italy actually won
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- dallagi 13y ago(more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rose_Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Rose_Island )
- Luc 13y agoThe Italian Wikipedia has some images of the stamps they issued - before and after the dynamiting of the platform! http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_delle_Rose_%28micronazione%29 http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_delle_Rose_%28micronazion...
- danmaz74 13y agoDidn't we win WWI? ;)
- dallagi 13y agoYeah... more or less :P (btw I'm Italian too)
- danmaz74 13y agoThat's why I said "we" ;)
- jk4930 13y agoBTW: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2611/4168078969_35d7b90449_z.jpg?zz=1 http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2611/4168078969_35d7b90449_z.j... (Reads: next time without Italy) ;)
- sanoli 13y agoI know Italy's fuck-ups were a pain in the ass for the nazis, but did it bother Japan much? (honest question, not rhetorical)
- e3pi 13y agoAt least you guys made the coolest mil-spec fun-loving totenkopf badges: http://www.mymilitaria.it/Liste_02/images/x_mas_bregonzio_1.jpg http://www.mymilitaria.it/Liste_02/images/x_mas_bregonzio_1....
- EdiX 13y agoAFAIK 11km isn't far enough from the coast to be international waters.
- vacri 13y agoApart from WWII, which was a biggie, didn't Italy win everything else since the unification? WWI, obtaining several African possessions, occupation of Albania?