Republic of Rose Island

The Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 kilometres off the coast of the region of , Italy, built by Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa, who made himself its president and declared it an independent state on 1 May 1968.
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  • Type: Disaster remains
  • Description: former country located in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Italy
  • Also known as: “Esperanta Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj”, “Esperantist Republic of Rose Island”, “Esperantista Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj”, “Île aux roses”, “Isla de la Rosa”, “Repubblica dell’Isola delle Rose”, “Repubblica Esperantista dell’Isola delle Rose”, “República de l’Illa de la Rosa”, “Republica Esperantista del Insula del Rosas”, “Republik der Rosa Insel”, “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”, “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj”, “Rose Island Republic”, “Roza Insulo”, “Республика Роз”, “Рэспубліка Востраў Руж”, “جمهورية جزيرة الزهرة”, “สาธารณรัฐโรสไอแลนด์”, “로즈섬 에스페란티즘 공화국”, and “ローズ共和国”

Republic of Rose Island

Latitude
44.18° or 44° 10′ 48″ north
Longitude
12.61667° or 12° 37′ east
Named after
Esperanto
Open location code
8FPJ5JJ8+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8236909798
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­wreck
Wiki­data ID
Q1044668
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Republic of Rose Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جمهورية روز آيلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Isla d’as Rosas”
  • Asturian: “República de la Islla de les Roses”
  • Azerbaijani: “Roz adası Respublikası”
  • Bashkir: “Роза утрауы Республикаһы”
  • Bashkir: “Роза Утрауы Республикаһы”
  • Basque: “Arrosa Uharteko Errepublika”
  • Bavarian: “Rosaland”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Вострава Ружы”
  • Catalan: “República de l’Illa de les Roses”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰岛共和国”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰島共和國”
  • Croatian: “Ružin otok”
  • Czech: “Růžový ostrov”
  • Dutch: “Rozeneiland”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • French: “Île des Roses”
  • French: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Galician: “República da Illa das Rosas”
  • German: “Rosaland”
  • German: “Roseninsel”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Νήσου των Ρόδων”
  • Hebrew: “הרפובליקה של אי הוורדים”
  • Hindi: “रोज़ द्वीप गणतंत्र”
  • Hindi: “रोज़ द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Rózsa-szigeti Köztársaság”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Pulau Rose”
  • Interlingua: “Insula del Rosas”
  • Irish: “Poblacht Oileán na Rósanna”
  • Italian: “Isola delle Rose”
  • Japanese: “ローズ島共和国”
  • Korean: “로즈섬 공화국”
  • Lombard: “Isola di Roeus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rose Island”
  • Norwegian: “Rose Island”
  • Persian: “جمهوری جزیره رز”
  • Polish: “Republika Wyspy Róż”
  • Portuguese: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Russian: “Республика острова Роз”
  • Russian: “Республика острова Розы”
  • Slovak: “Ružový ostrov”
  • Spanish: “Isla de las Rosas”
  • Spanish: “República de la Isla de las Rosas”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐโรสไอส์แลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Rose Adası Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Rose Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка Острова Троянд”
  • Ukrainian: “Республіка острову Троянд”
  • Venetian: “Ìzoła de łe Roze”
  • Vietnamese: “Cộng hòa Đảo Rose”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: ROCK ISLAND and Baldinini Hotel.

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Places to explore: La sposa del marinaio and Rockisland.

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