Subject: Re: enclaves on stamps - struttin<br/>
Date: Sep 24, 2004 @ 01:49<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-414647223">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;aletheiak&quot; &lt;aletheiak@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; strut your stuff len<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>OK &quot;smarty pants&quot; - here goes: this is Nr. 1.<br/>
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The Comtat Venaissin is limited by the rivers Rhône and Durance and<br/>
the Mount Ventoux. It is named after its former capital city Venasque<br/>
(Vindascinum), now a village of about 600 inhabitants. <br/>
<br/>
In the XIIIth century, the Comtat Venaissin belonged to Alphonse de<br/>
Poitiers (1220-1271), a Capetian prince, son of king of France Louis<br/>
VIII.  Some authorities say it was ceded to the pope in 1218 by<br/>
Raymond VII, count of Toulouse.  Alphonse (or Philip the Bold??)<br/>
bequeathed (or ceded??)the Comtat to the Holy See, which incorporated<br/>
it in 1274. On 19 June 1348, countess Jeanne (1326-1382), better known<br/>
as queen Jeanne de Naples, sold Avignon to pope Clement VI, who <br/>
incorporated it into Comtat. Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin then<br/>
formed the &#39;Papal enclave&#39;, which developed independently from France.<br/>
 The enclave, which was geographically detached from other parts of<br/>
the Papal states, itself had an exclave to its east called &quot;Darbous&quot;.<br/>
<br/>
The economical and cultural development of the enclave encouraged the<br/>
kings of France to attempt to grab it. The enclave was taken over by<br/>
the French in 1663, again in 1668 and yet again between 1768-1774.  In<br/>
1791, the bourgeois and the merchants of Avignon promoted the<br/>
incorporation of the enclave to France, which was effective on 14<br/>
September 1791. The Holy See recognized the annexion only in 1814. <br/>
<br/>
So, here we have an enclave and it&#39;s satellite exclave that &quot;came and<br/>
went&quot; at least three times.<br/>
<br/>
For a map - see my site: <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://exclave.info/former/papalstates/papalfrance/papalfrance.html">http://exclave.info/former/papalstates/papalfrance/papalfrance.html</a></div>