How A Spectacular Piece Of Pedantry Created An International Enclave


The Pyrenees mountain range has divided Spain and France for centuries, with Spain on the south side, and France on the north. But why is there one strange little blob of Spain over on the French side? I visited the historic enclave of Llivia and discovered the spectacularly pedantic reason behind its existence…

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New York Times article with more detail on the story – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/wo…

How Does France’s “Northern Catalonia” Feel About Independence? –
https://www.thelocal.fr/20171009/how-…

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