Zoran Nikolic
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Atlas des frontières insolites : enclaves, territoires inexistants et curiosités géographiques
Zoran Nikolic
- Armand colin
- 12 Octobre 2022
- 9782200633752
Les frontières entre pays ou entre régions ne sont pas immuables. Elles bougent, disparaissent, se complexifient... Aujourd'hui, de nombreuses régions à cheval sur les frontières conservent un statut ou une situation particulière : des villes enclavées dans un pays mais qui appartiennent au pays voisin, des frontières tracées à la règle qui coupent des îles en deux, des anciennes délimitations disparues mais dont le paysage conserve la marque indélébile, des régions où plus personne ne met les pieds...
En nous conviant à un voyage autour du monde à la découverte de ces curiosités méconnues, ce bel atlas aux cartes très esthétiques, où les frontières sont des lignes rouges qui coupent des pays, des villes voire des maisons en deux, invite tant à la rêverie qu'à la réflexion. Toutes ces lignes artificielles portent une histoire, parfois étonnante, parfois incongrue ou dont le sens s'est perdu au fil du temps. -
THE ATLAS OF UNUSUAL BORDERS - DISCOVER INTRIGUING BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES GEOGRAPHICAL CURIOSITIES
Zoran Nikolic
- Collins reference
- 3 Octobre 2019
- 9780008351779
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.
This beautifully designed book presents unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent cities and islands.
Numerous conflicts have left countries divided and 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 and 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.
Examples include: - 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, and the remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye - Canadian Stanstead and 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 and on the other in the United States These and many more instances are captured in this fascinating book full of strange geographical intrigue.
