Seborga
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| Comune di Seborga | ||
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| Coordinates: 43°50′N 7°42′E / 43.833°N 7.700°ECoordinates: 43°50′N 7°42′E / 43.833°N 7.700°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Liguria | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Imperia (IM) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Enrico Ilariuzzi | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4.91 km2 (1.90 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) | |
| Population (31 December 2008) | ||
| • Total | 316 | |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Seborghini | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 18012 | |
| Dialing code | 0184 | |
| Patron saint | San Bernardo | |
| Saint day | 20 August | |
| Website | Official website | |
Seborga is a small town in the region of Liguria in northwest Italy, near the French border. Administratively, it is a comune of the Italian province of Imperia. The main economic activities are horticulture and tourism.
The town is notable for claims of independence from Italy as the sovereign Principality of Seborga.
Seborga is known in the region for its agricultural activity: in particular, cultivation and collection of olives and floriculture crops. Thanks to Seborga's publicity as a principality, tourism has expanded in recent years. The principality's historic town centre was also restored, ensuring that its charms were protected from commercial overdevelopment.
An important cultural event in Seborga is the annual festival of Saint Bernard, the town's patron saint, held on August 20. Seborga's twin city is L'Escarène, France. The festival includes a procession of citizens and the carrying of a statue of Saint Bernard. The national anthem of Seborga, titled "The Hope", was composed by HSH Prince George I and set to music by Maestro Luigi Poggi of Bordighera in 1994.
Seborga is situated along Provincial Road 57 in Imperia. The nearest motorway access is at the Bordighera exit on the A10. The nearest railway station is also the one in Bordighera, on the Ventimiglia-Genoa line.
In the early 1960s, Giorgio Carbone, then head of the local flower-growers co-operative, began promoting the idea that Seborga retained its historic independence as a principality. By 1963 the people of Seborga were sufficiently convinced of these arguments to elect Carbone as their ostensible head of state. He then assumed the self-styled title Giorgio I, Prince of Seborga, which he claimed thereafter.
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