Subject: Re: vatican tidbit<br/>
Date: Apr 16, 2004 @ 00:54<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1285193912">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Ernst Stavro Blofeld <br/>
&lt;blofeld_es@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; &gt; such a peculiar territorial division would make<br/>
&gt; &gt; these colonnades <br/>
&gt; &gt; the only divided buildings anywhere on itva<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; But then there is Paul VI&#39;s audience hall on the<br/>
&gt; itva border which by some accounts appear to be<br/>
&gt; a divided building, indeed intricatelly so.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>ok i confess i dont know the full story of this delicious mess <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.globalgeografia.com/europa/vaticano/fig04.jpg">http://www.globalgeografia.com/europa/vaticano/fig04.jpg</a><br/>
& i guess it must have been a divided building for some time<br/>
<br/>
but <br/>
as i understand it<br/>
& please correct me if this is wrong<br/>
it wasnt actually divided by treaty <br/>
but was the result of subsequent construction athwart the border<br/>
& remained divided only until the border could be changed & the <br/>
vatican enlarged so as to fully surround all the new construction<br/>
<br/>
so i imagine if this formerly divided building really is an exception<br/>
it is the exception that actually proves both the rule & my point <br/>
namely<br/>
that dividing the buildings is contrary to the very spirit of itva<br/>
<br/>
for evidently they would sooner change the border than have to <br/>
deal with divided buildings for very long<br/>
<br/>
or i have misunderstood<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
the present official vatican map in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/3gjob">http://tinyurl.com/3gjob</a> <br/>
which identifies & shows this audience hall as building 61<br/>
does indicate that it is entirely if barely inside the new itva<br/>
& shows no clearly divided building anywhere on the border</div>