Tavolara Island
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Tavolara is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy. The island is a limestone massif 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide, with steep cliffs except at its ends. Its highest point,
Aerial view of the coast and Tavolara
Tavolara from the Sardinian shore
Micronation
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A micronation is a political entity whose representatives claim that they belong to an independent nation or sovereign state, but which lacks legal recognition by any sovereign state. Micronations are
Tavolara Island
…Joachim Murat visited Tavolara in 1815 during his attempt to regain the Kingdom of Naples. At that time the island was uninhabited. In 1836 the imaginary kingdom of Tavolara was given to the Bertoleoni family by Charles Albert the King of Sardinia. After Italian unification, “King Paolo” actively sought recognition…
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on a seafort off the coast of the United Kingdom.
Republic of Rose Island, before its destruction
The Republic of Minerva was a libertarian project that succeeded in building an artificial island in 1972 by importing sand.
Entrance to the Principality of Hutt River (formerly Hutt River Province), a micronation founded in Australia