Italian city Seborga wants to become a country
5Italian city Seborga wants to become a country
The small city of Seborga in the Italian north has a big dream: it wants to be an independent country! Although its sovereignty has not yet been acknowledged, Seborga also has its own flag, national anthem and an elected princess.
A small city on the Italian Riviera has a big dream: The Principality of Seborga wants to become an independent country. Seborga has its own flag, national anthem, passport, stamp, currency and, of course, a monarch. Desiring for independence since the 1960s, Seborga awaits its sovereignty to be recognized.
Seborga, which has more than 300 structures in the north of Italy, close to France, covers an area of about 13 square kilometers. In other words, it is a city that is approximately 2.5 times the size of Istanbul.
The road to the city has an unofficial border crossing and a guard post painted in the colors of Seborga's flag. Border guards are occasionally seen at this gate.
Beautifully located, Seborga overlooks the stunning landscape of the Riviera, including the Principality of Monaco, perhaps the most famous micro-state in the world and a source of inspiration for Seborga's continued quest for independence.
THE CHOSEN PRINCESS
Princess of Seborga, Nina, is a chosen princess. In Seborga, the monarchy is not hereditary, elections are held every seven years, and Princess Nina is the first woman to hold this position.
Nina Döbler Menegatto, born in Germany, lived in Monaco and discovered Seborga 15 years ago with her ex-wife. The previous prince, Marcello, withdrew from the throne in 2019 after his divorce with Princess Nina.
The effort for independence began in the 1960s when a farmer named Giorgio Carbone looked at the city's history and found that some things were misspelled.
Seborga was donated to the monastery of Benedictine monks in 954, after being sold by the monks to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1729, it became part of the Kingdom of Italy. But according to Carbone, there was no historical record of the sale, so Saborga was never legitimately part of Italy.
The Principality of Seborga was not mentioned in the founding laws of the Italian Republic in 1946. Therefore, the Principality of Seborga is claimed to be a legally independent micro-nation. With the emergence of this information, a desire for independence emerged in Seborga and studies were carried out on this subject.
EXAMPLE BREXIT
The Italian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights rejected Seborga's offer, but the princess is determined: It will not be easy. It won't happen today or tomorrow, but nothing is impossible. Look at Brexit!