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Archive Home > 2009 > December > 14 > Giorgio Carbone, prince of Seborga, ruled for 46 years

Giorgio Carbone, prince of Seborga, ruled for 46 years

‘His Tremendousness’ convinced fellow citizens that 5-square-mile area was not part of Italy

By Douglas Martin / The Bulletin
December 14, 2009

Nestled near the beaches of the Italian Riviera and the snow-capped Alps sits the tiny principality of Seborga, a place that floats on legends. Over the centuries, plagues and earthquakes have struck the region and missed Seborga, or so the stories say. Some insist that knights took the Holy....

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