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For reluctant urbanites who, back home, sit in traffic with jaws clenched, villages are literally the land of dreams. These ancient, echoey warrens are what we picture when, back home, we sing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Sabino is an editor and author who writes about travel. The Seborga flag flying in the Piazza San Martino. (Photo by ...

Nestled near the beaches of the Italian Riviera and the snow-capped Alps sits the tiny principality of Seborga, a place that floats on legends. Over the centuries, plagues and earthquakes have struck ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Seborga may seem like any other sleepy hilltop Italian village, with its fresco-covered church, medieval ...

Atop an idyllic hill in the Italian Riviera sits a tiny village with a big dream: becoming an independent nation. The Principality of Seborga already has its own flag, national anthem, passports, ...