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Skriven 2015-04-01 01:03:29 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
  Kommentar till text 22374 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
Ärende: Re: FidoNews 32:12 [03/08]: General Articles
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Lee,
 
LL>WD> When you go into England via the Chunnel or by Ferry, your identity
LL>WD> gets checked and you need to pass customs.
 
LL> That makes sense, as France and Ehgland are two different countries.
 
What makes sense? If I go from France to Italy, two different countries, there
also are no border checks of immigration nor customs.
 
LL> But those who travel to and from Italy and Vatican City can just walk
LL> on through, without anybody checking a thing.
 
That has been regulated by the 1929 Lateran Treaty. There's nothing odd about
it. It's a consequence of the unification of Italy during the mid-19th Century,
the Papal States resisted incorporation into the new nation, even as all the
other Italian countries, except for San Marino, joined it; Camillo Cavour's
dream of proclaiming the Kingdom of Italy from the steps of St. Peter's
Basilica did not come to pass.
 
And now the Vatican is one of the prime touristical destinations ... for Italy
... even the mormons built a gigantic temple nearby. Maybe they fear the
Catholics are right after all.
 
LL> Imagine that.  A country inside of a city inside of a country.
LL> With nobody needing or requiring a passport or any other form of
LL> identity to travel.
 
Never heard of Monaco I presume?
 
Athens has been a country, Sparta has been a country. Bremen and Hamburg have
been countries ... sorta. The city of Rome at some point was also a country, so
was Carthage.
 
 \%/@rd

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