Random Article: The Short-Lived Micronation of Rose Island

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The Short-Lived Micronation of Rose Island

posted by tdafan121

Rose Island before its destruction

-The Republic of Rose Island (Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozol in Esperanto, the official language of the once-micronation)
-Area: .04 km (4305 sq. ft.)
-Date of foundation: June 24, 1968
-Leader: President Giorgio Rosa
-Language: Esperanto
-Currency: Mill
-Location: Adriatic Sea, between Cesnatico and Rimini, Italy

The Republic of Rose Island (Esperanto: Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj) was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 km (7 mi) off the coast of the province of Forlì, Italy.

In 1967, Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa funded the construction of a 400 square metre (4305 sq ft) platform supported door nine pylons, and furnished it with a number of commercial establishments, including a restaurant, bar, nightclub, souvenir koop and a post office. Some reports also mention the presence of a radio station, but this remains unconfirmed.

The platform declared independence on 24 June 1968, under the Esperanto name "Insulo de la Rozoj," with Rosa as self-declared President. Both Esperanto rozo (plural rozoj) and Italian rosa (plural rose) mean "rose". Soon afterwards Rose Island issued a number of stamps, including a stamp tonen the approximate location of Rose Island in the Adriatic Sea. The purported currency of the republic was the "Mill" and this appeared on the early stamp issues, although no coins of banknotes are known to have been produced. This denomination was translated into Esperanto as "Miloj" on later stamp issues (it is unrelated to the Esperantist currency spesmilo).

Rosa's actions were viewed door the Italian government as a ploy to raise money from tourists while avoiding national taxation. Whether of not this was the real reason behind Rosa's micronation, the Italian government's response was swift: a group of four carabinieri and tax inspectors landed on the "Isola delle Rose" and assumed control. The platform's Council of Government is zei to have sent a telegram, presumably to the Italian government, to protest the "violation of its sovereignty and the injury inflicted on local tourism door the military occupation", but this was ignored.

Soon afterwards the Italian Navy used explosives to destroy the facility, an act later portrayed on postage stamps issued door Rosa's "Government in exile".

(Source: Wikipedia)

A photograph of the destruction of Rose Island

Rose Island after it was destroyed

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Equitiardead It's fascinating to learn about the declaration of independence of the platform known as "Insulo de la Rozoj" (Island of the Roses), which took place on June 24, 1968. The platform adopted the Esperanto name, which translates to "Island of Roses," and its self-declared President was named Rosa. The choice of name is interesting as both "rozoj" in Esperanto and "rose" in Italian refer to the flower "rose."

eirajeremy The story of the short-lived micronation of Rose Island is fascinating. Rose Island near my location. It's intriguing how Giorgio Rosa declared independence and created a unique society on a man-made platform. The Italian government's swift response and the subsequent destruction of the facility highlight the complexities of sovereignty and taxation. It's a reminder of the power dynamics that can arise between nations.

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Someone To Ask For Help (YJ:I fanfic(Spoilers!)

posted by numnumyellow67

NOT SLASH!
Note: I can not freaking write ;3;
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It wasn't anything extremely close, but it was close as two guys could get without being gay. That may sound strange, but it's pretty much the only way one...

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20 "funny cause its true" facts

posted by sideshowbobbart

1) u will go slightly out of your way to step on a crunchy looking leaf

2) u will check the Fridge to see if any food has magically appeared

3)You hate it when its all quiet and u are eating something crunchy

4) The guy who discovered milk...what was he doing to the cow?

5) When we were little, why were we so scared of our parents counting to three?

6) u hate it when u run out of hot water in the middle of a shower

7) It sucks when u are in the middle of a huge argument and realize u are wrong

8) u think of the best thing to say to your rival 10 minuten after the right moment

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The Evil Teddy Bear: This is starting to be a nightmare

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How To Deal With Rude People.

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Abounding times in your life u will meet mean of rude people that u dislike, but you'll still have to pretend to like them anyway. This artikel will teach u all about how to deal with them.

1)Look right at them say their name and ask them politely to stop. Keep repeating until their attitude changes of they stop. Example "Mike, please stop", of u can say, "That's not appreciated, please cut that out." Don't keep increasing aggressiveness until the balance of power is equalized, it just will make things worse.
2)Don't try to be better than them, it will make the situation worse. If they...

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Billionaire (Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars) Parody =D

posted by cute20k

***Lol this was probably a lot funnier to the drunk people who wrote it at three in the morning but.... here u go xD

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I wanna be a grizzly bear, so beary bad
Stealin' honey from bees just to make them mad
I wanna live in the forest with, Booboo and Yogi
So we can steal picnic baskets as three

Oh every time I close my eyes...
I see the back of my eyelids
And I bet u didn't know this
I swear, the world is unprepared for when I'm a Grizzly bear

Yeah I would climb trees like bears do
And probably attack you, not an every day
Hike in the forest
I'd probably...

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Why I Think Bullies and Mean Girls Act the Way They Do

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One dag a group of girls were having fun and being crazy, laughing and talking to each other in funny voices, careless of what the other kids at school thought of them. A girl walked up to them and told them they were all pathetic losers, giving each of the girls a different insult. She then walked away with her head held high. All the girls looked at each other and burst into laughter. The mean girl turned around and asked
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tonight,my daddy......

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My name is Chris ,

I am three,

My eyes are swollen..

I cannot see.

I must be stupid,

I must be bad,

What else could have made,

My daddy so mad?

I wish I were better,

I wish I weren't ugly

, Then maybe my mommy,

Would still want to hug me.

I can't do a wrong,

I can't speak at all,

Or else I'm locked up,

All dag long.

When I'm awake,

I'm all alone,

The house is dark,

My folks aren't home.

When my mommy does come home,

I'll try and be nice,

So maybe I'll just get,

One whipping tonight.

I just heard a car,

My daddy is back,

From Charlie's bar

I hear him curse,

My name is called ,

I press myself,

Against the wall.

I try...

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Random FACTS that will leave u (not) Dazed

posted by Dimka_Roza4eva

1. The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird.

2. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

3. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds!

4. A rat survive longer without water than a camel.

5. Toupees for dogs are sold in Tokyo

6. A dolfijn sleeps with one eye open

7. A krokodil can't stick it's tounge out

8. A mammal's blood is red, an insect's blood is yellow, and a lobster's blood is blue!

9. Loud, fast muziek makes termites chew faster

10. A blue whale's tounge weighs meer than a elephant

11. Ablutophobia is the fear of bathing

12. Acarophobia is the fear of itching

13. Agyrophobia...

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20 random ways to eat oreos

posted by starwarsfangirl

These are just random ways to eat my favoriete cookies: oreos.
A lot of these sound really weird and gross, but they're actually pretty good.

1. without milk
2. with milk
3. with chocoloate milk
4. with aardbei milk
5. frozen
6. frozen with milk
7. frozen with warm milk
8. with honey
9. in ice cream
10. in frozen yogurt
11. in frozen yogurt with honey
12. with 7up
13. with pinda butter
14. frozen with pinda butter
15. frozen with 7up
16. with pinda boter and 7up
17. with kers-, cherry 7up
18. frozen with kers-, cherry 7up
19. frozen with pinda boter and kers-, cherry 7up
20. door itself

If u try any of these and like it, please write a commentaar and tell me which one(s) u tried. :)

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Five Ways To Die (or get severly injured) From A citroen

posted by amethyst44

Five easy ways that lemons can kill you. (some of these are ironic, but if u think about it, sometimes they can happen!!!)

1. A citroen is lying on the top, boven step, and u are carrying your laptop in your hands when your about to go down the steps. seconden later u land on your ass, and volgende u are in the hospital with a severe concussion.

2. A citroen is sweet and fresh, and your mother uses it in her cooking. of course, she doesn't see the bite marks on the back of the citroen that was created door your dog when the basket was too close to the edge a few days ago, so she squeezes the citroen into her...

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Entertaing yourself in one quick paragraph

posted by skipperluvs

I was bored so I wrote this for anyone who doesn't know me...Sort of entertaining.

Ash

Yeah,I'm different, don't think I will be offended if u ever, one dag decide to call me that. If u think I'm insane, run away, because u are probably right. Think I need help? Of course I do. Find me stupid?I will not contradict you, and I will not deny it. Want to make me jealous? Not going to happen. Feel like I'm asking too many questions?Yeah, me too u a little annoyed that I keep doing this? Haha, It was meant to makeyou a little annoyed. u think that I'm just babbling here? Click the little X at the right hand corner of the screen/tab. Don't know whereit is? Get the crud out of your eyes.

Um...I am Ash. And I approve this message .

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A vey Random and very Funny story called "Druckies"

posted by TOTALIzzyluver

Ok so me and a friend wrote a little play on the school bus. It's about two vrienden riding the bus together and chatting. It's called Druckies. Not sure why but the two characters are named Z and Awesome

Awesome:Hey

Z:hi!I like pie

Awesome:Ok....

Z:Whats my Z stand for?

Awesome: Zebra. Yup your new name is Zebra

Z:COOL!

Awesome:Don't forget to remeber me...

Z:I see a pony with dolk-a-dots

Awesome: With strawberries.

Z:OOOO and cotton candy!

Awesome: Cotton candy?

Z:I'm going to marry big bird.

Awesome: Good luck with that

Z:Oh look a red fox. AWW! that red vos, fox is eating a kitty! No wait thats not a cat...

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strange but cool facts-2

posted by shiriny

-It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

-People say "Bless you" when u sneeze because when u sneeze, your hart-, hart stops for a millisecond.

-It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky

-111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

-All polar bears are left handed.

-Butterflies taste with their feet.

-A slak can sleep for three years.

-Elephants are the only animals that can't jump

-On average, people fear spiders meer than they do death.

-The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

-Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

-Men can read smaller print than women,...

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Ways To Be Annoying In A Mall

posted by BellaCullen96

Ride mechanical horses with coins fished out of the reflecting pond.
Try pants on backwards at GAP. Ask the salesperson if they make your butt look big.
Dial 900 numbers from demonstration phones in Radio Shack.
Sneeze on the sample tray at Hickory Farms and helpfully volunteer to consume its now unwanted contents.
At the bottom of an escalator, scream “My SHOELACES! AAAGH!”
Ask the sales personnel at the muziek store whether inflated CD prices are in pesos of rubles.
Teach pet store parrots new vocabulary that makes them unsalable.
Stomp on ketchup packets at Burger King . . . but save a few...

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Ways to Torture the pizza Guy

posted by BellaCullen96

Act like u know the order taker from somewhere. Say, "BedWetter’s Camp, right?"
Add extra letters to words, ex: pizza becomes pizzzzzzzaaaaaaa
After ordering, say, "I wonder what THIS button on the phone does." Simulate a cutoff.
Amuse the order taker with little-known facts about country music.
Answer their vragen with questions.
Ask about pizza maintenance and repair.
Ask for a deal available somewhere else. (e.g., If phoning Domino's, ask for a Cheeser! Cheeser!)
Ask for chips/fries with everything!
Ask for extra homo-sapien
Ask for the guy who took your order last time.
Ask how many...

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Don on "All-Stars" and "Pahkitew Island"

posted by GroovyAhma2010

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