Anyone that can read Italian quicker than I can (which is at the pace
of an Italian traffic jam) may find some interesting information
here:
http://www.amicus.it/leggi/Patti_Lateranensi/
Still no maps, alas.
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "ps1966nl" <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> Let me repeat what I said in msg. 3894:
>
> "The exterritorial areas of the Vatican under the Lateran Treaty of
> 1929 are very interesting indeed. I posted several messages earlier
> on BP. I have yet to encounter a full list of all extraterritorial
> areas (since the Lateran Treaty leaves the door open to new
additions
> to the list) and a proper map of these areas. I am not entirely
sure
> on the status of the various areas either (there seem to be two
> flavours, one truly extraterritorial and only one step short of
being
> real Vatican exclaves (i.e. not Italian, but not Vatican either),
the
> other one just giving tax exemption and perhaps some other rights
vis-
> a-vis Italy).
>
> Anyway, the Lateran Treaty can be found at
> http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/treaty.htm .
>
> The thing that triggered the discussion on BP was, if I remember
> correctly, the alleged "electro-magnetic pollution", caused by
> Vatican Radio's transmission centre near Santa Maria di Galeria, of
> the Italian neighbourhood (they called it "electrosmog"). See, for
> example, the radio's web site:
>
http://www.vaticanradio.org/inglese/enarchive/enelletrosmog/4may13e15m
> arch.htm (here, you'll hear the story from one side, of course...).
> The point is that the Italian ministry for the environment couldn't
> do anything about it, because the territory wasn't within Italy
> proper. At one stage, the minister even threatened to cut off the
> power supply to the station. This put the Swiss guard on high
alert,
> probably ;-)
>
> Peter S."
>
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "gerardkeating" <gerard@o...> wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., <marcelmiquel@n...> wrote:
> >
> > > I've found the text of the Lateran treaty on the net. It
> clarifies
> > > status of the extraterritorial possessions.The adress is:
> > >
> > > http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/treaty.htm
> > >
> >
> > From a reading of this text, Is the "Papal Palace of Castel
> Gandolfo"
> > and enclave of the Vatican City State ???
> >
> > Gerard