12 Apr
2006
12 Apr
'06
06:45
James Knott wrote:
Actually, there are many areas of Europe and elsewhere, where national borders include populations that are from neighbouring contries.
That is certainly true, yes. The European national borders have been shifted back and forth for centuries. Which is why my great grandfather fought in WWI on the German side, although Denmark was neutral ...
IIRC, there's even a piece of Italy on the Swiss side of a border lake.
Tessin - well, the locals might see this differently, but in Switzerland Tessin is not a part of Italy, but merely a Swiss kanton, that happens to speak Italian. AFAIK, Tessin has been part of Switzerland since around 1500. /Per Jessen, Zürich