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”, and “Rose Island Republic”

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 جزيرة الزهرة”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية روز آيلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Isla d’as Rosas”
  • Aragonese: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • 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: “Republic of Rose Island”
  • Bavarian: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Bavarian: “Rosaland”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Вострава Ружы”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Востраў Руж”
  • Catalan: “República de l’Illa de la Rosa”
  • Catalan: “República de l’Illa de les Roses”
  • Catalan: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰岛共和国”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰島共和國”
  • Croatian: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Croatian: “Ružin otok”
  • Czech: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Czech: “Rose Island”
  • Czech: “Růžový ostrov”
  • Dutch: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Dutch: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Dutch: “Rose Island”
  • Dutch: “Rozeneiland”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Esperanto: “Rose Island”
  • Esperanto: “Roza Insulo”
  • French: “Île aux roses”
  • French: “Île des Roses”
  • French: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • French: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Galician: “República da Illa das Rosas”
  • German: “Republic of Rose Island”
  • German: “Republik der Rosa Insel”
  • German: “Rosaland”
  • German: “Roseninsel”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Νήσου των Ρόδων”
  • Hebrew: “הרפובליקה של אי הוורדים”
  • Hindi: “रोज़ द्वीप गणतंत्र”
  • Hindi: “रोज़ द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Hungarian: “Rózsa-szigeti Köztársaság”
  • Indonesian: “Republik Pulau Rose”
  • Interlingua: “Insula del Rosas”
  • Interlingua: “Republica Esperantista del Insula del Rosas”
  • Interlingua: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Irish: “Poblacht Oileán na Rósanna”
  • Italian: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Italian: “Isola delle Rose”
  • Italian: “Repubblica Esperantista dell’Isola delle Rose”
  • Japanese: “ローズ共和国”
  • Japanese: “ローズ島共和国”
  • Korean: “로즈섬 공화국”
  • Korean: “로즈섬 에스페란티즘 공화국”
  • Lombard: “Isola di Roeus”
  • Lombard: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rose Island”
  • Norwegian: “Rose Island”
  • Persian: “جمهوری جزیره رز”
  • Polish: “Repubblica dell’Isola delle Rose”
  • Polish: “Republika Wyspy Róż”
  • Polish: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Portuguese: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Russian: “Республика острова Роз”
  • Russian: “Республика острова Розы”
  • Russian: “Республика Роз”
  • Slovak: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • Slovak: “Ružový ostrov”
  • Spanish: “Insulo de la Rozoj”
  • Spanish: “Isla de la Rosa”
  • Spanish: “Isla de las Rosas”
  • Spanish: “República de la Isla de las Rosas”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐโรสไอแลนด์”
  • Thai: “สาธารณรัฐโรสไอส์แลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Isola delle Rose”
  • Turkish: “Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozo”
  • 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”

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