Tavolara Island.

Tavolara is a small island off Sardinia, Italy. The island is a limestone massif 5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide, with steep cliffs except at its ends. Its highest point is 565 metres above sea level. Currently, the island is inhabited by only a handful of families, and has a small cemetery and summer restaurant. The water around the island is a popular spot for scuba diving. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Sardinia (American pronunciation)(Sardegna in Italian, Sardigna or Sardinna in the Sardinian language, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ... In geology, a massif is a section of the Earths crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... SCUBA is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. ...

The nearest sizable town is Olbia, and the small fishing village of Porto San Paolo is directly across a small strait. The islands of Molara and Molarotto are nearby. For Pontic Olbia, the Greek colony on the Black Sea coast, see Olbia, Ukraine. ...

Most of the population of the island was displaced in 1962 when a NATO radiogoniometric station was constructed on the eastern half of the island. The aerials from the station can be seen from quite a distance, and that entire half of the island is restricted to military personnel. NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ... A Yagi-Uda antenna An antenna or aerial is an electronic component designed to transcieve radio signals (and, more generally, other electromagnetic waves). ...

Tavolara is also home of the VLF-transmitter ICV, which works on 20.27 kHz and 20.76 kHz and which is used for transmitting messages to submarines. It can be also received (but not decoded) by PCs with a coil as antenna at the soundcard entrance and a FFT-analysis software. Very low frequency or VLF refers to radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3 to 30 kHz. ...

The island and the surrounding waters are part of the Tavolara and Punta Coda Cavallo Marine Preserve created in 1997. The environmental protections placed on the park has added restrictions to the use of the area for tourism. El Nido, Philippines Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ...

History

Tavolara was one of the smallest kingdoms on the planet, but is now simply part of Italy, although it was never formally annexed. For related meanings see also Monarch (disambiguation) A monarchy, (from the Greek monos archein, meaning one ruler) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ...

In 1833, King Charles Albert of Sardinia visited the island and acknowledged Giuseppe Bertoleoni as an independent sovereign monarch. When he died, his eldest son became King Paolo I. After Paulo's death in 1886 the island became a republic, but the monarchy was reinstated again in 1895. ^[1] Since that time the island's kings have all come from the Bertoleoni family, recognized as the rulers of Tavolara by the Kings of Sardinia. Documents dating to 1767 affirm that Tavolara had never been a part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Albert of Sardinia Charles Albert (October 2, 1798 – July 28, 1849) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. ... Bertoleoni is the family name of the kings of Tavolara island (Sardinia, Italy), supposedly the smallest kingdom of the world (now extinguished, for practical purposes). ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The House of Savoy or in Italian, La Casa di Savoia (or Savoie, French) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region that includes present-day Piemonte, other parts of Northern Italy, and a smaller region in France. ...

The present King Carlo II of Tavolara is an Italian citizen named Tonino Bertoleoni, who runs Da Tonino, the only restaurant on the island. Politically, the interests of the island are represented in its external dealings by Prince Ernesto Geremia di Tavolara, of La Spezia, Italy. The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... Map of Italy showing La Spezia in the northwest La Spezia is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Gulf. ...

The royal tomb of King Paolo is in the graveyard on the island, surmounted by a crown. In the 18th century, Sardinian lore claimed the sheep of Tavolara had gold teeth. The sheep herds were moved to Sardinia when the NATO station was built and there are no longer any sheep on the island. Species See text. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... Types of teeth Molars are used for grinding up foods Carnassials are used for slicing food. ...

The arms of the kingdom and island display a walrus sitting on a rock. The flag depicts a gold six-pointed star and crown on a red shield on a field of white. Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses (from Dutch: wal meaning shore, and r(e)us meaning giant) are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...

References

1. ^ The New Book of Lists, David Wallechinsky, pp 383-384, ISBN 1-84195-719-4

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See also

• List of extinct states
• Micronation

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External links

• Tavolara Island travel guide from Wikitravel
• Google Map of Tavolara Island transmitter