Pheasant Island which for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, and the remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye But Spain has its own tiny ‘Gibraltars’, just across the water on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast – and Morocco is not happy about it in the slightest. So, to be fair, IMO some sections could have merited more details than they received and in a few instances there wasn't an accompanying map for a certain location.

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Numerous conflicts have left countries divided and often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world. While I knew about some places already, I still learnt more about most of those places, as the author provided some historical context, as well as information about the current situation. Some of the places mentioned in this Atlas were completely new to me. Aprendemos también sobre la Passport Island, una isla artificial entre Arabia y Baréin construida para servir de aduana (luego ya le han añadido los centros comerciales y cosas así) Me gustó mucho leer sobre uno de los pocos cuatrifinios (unión de cuatro territorios en un punto) de países en el mundo, en la cuádruple frontera entre Namibia, Zimbabue, Botswana y Zambia (aunque estos dos últimos dicen que sus fronteras están 200 metros río arriba y que en realidad hay dos trifinios) Tomb of Suleyman Shah which is a tiny Turkish enclave within Syria which was moved closer to Turkey when Lake Assad was created but still stayed in Syria

The best cities in the world for culture in 2023 named by Time Out - with Edinburgh beating New York and Melbourne trumping Paris. But none of them make the top five... The sovereign territories are fully Spanish and thus part of the European Union and the Schengen Area. Overall though I enjoyed the book. It’s an undemanding read for those who (like me) enjoy learning about these quirkier aspects of international politics. Bones don’t lie,” she told The Guardian at the time. “They will tell you how a person lived and perhaps how they died.”The world's most stunning remote locations revealed in lavish photo book - from spellbinding Cornish beaches to a crooked forest in Denmark and jaw-dropping mountains in the U.S

Mr Nikolic explains that they are a ‘few small islands and peninsulas’ known as Spanish sovereign territories (plazas de soberanía). Pheasant Island which for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, and the remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye. I'm something of a map nerd, I could spend hours just poring over maps of various kinds, so this was right up my alley.

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Named after its highest peak, Athos is sometimes also simply called ‘Holy Mountain’, because of the 20 monasteries and 2,000 monks on its territory. The monks have been here since the 8th century and have survived centuries of war and occupation (not the exact same monks, obviously). The Greek constitution recognises the Monastic State as a self-governing territory of the Greek state. The governor it sends to Athos is merely an observer. Canadian Stanstead and American Beebe Plain where the boundary line runs along the center of the main street, so that the houses on one side of the street are in Canada and on the other in the United States. Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award's Dorling Kindersley Illustrated Travel Book of the Year Tomb of Suleyman Shah which is a tiny Turkish enclave within Syria which was moved closer to Turkey when Lake Assad was created but still stayed in Syria.

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