Harper Collins Atlas Of Unusual Borders

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This beautifully designed book presents unusual borders, enclaves & exclaves, divided or non-existent cities & islands. Numerous conflicts have left countries divided & often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world. Most people believe that a country’s borders are clearly defined: just lines that separate countries. Everything on one side of the line belongs to one country & everything on the other side belongs to another country. This might be the case most of the time, but there are unusual exceptions to this unwritten rule. Included: Campione d’ Italia where Italian residents have to travel 15km through Switzerland to reach the nearest available Italian territory 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 Pheasant Island which for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, & the remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye Canadian Stanstead & American Beebe Plain where the boundary line runs along the centre of the main street, so that the houses on one side of the street are in Canada & on the other in the United States