Esperanto
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Esperanto is the world's most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language. Created by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887 as 'the International Language', it is intended to be a universal second language for inte
Zamenhof, c. 1895
7th Esperanto congress, Antwerp, August 1911
The Republic of Rose Island in the Adriatic Sea used Esperanto as its official language in 1968; it has since been demolished
Esperanto books at the World Esperanto Congress, Rotterdam 2008
Republic of Rose Island
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The Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 kilometres off the coast of the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, built by Italian engineer Gior
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…territory. The Treaty of Versailles subsequently awarded the disputed territory to Belgium, effective 10 January 1920. The self-proclaimed micronation of Rose Island, on an artificial island near Italy in the Adriatic Sea, used Esperanto as its official language in 1968. Another micronation, the extant Republic of…
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Isola delle Rose
Island under construction