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LIECHTENSTEIN

Location: Europe
Capital:
Vaduz (5.000 inhab.)
Main Cities:
Schaan, Balzers, Triesen
Population:
32,000
Area:
160 km2
Mountains:
1 Swiss franc = 100 centimes
Languages:
German
Religions:
Roman Catholic, Protestant
The Independence's Year:
1434 (principality from 1719)
Mountains:
Alps
Rivers:
Reno

 

 

This small principality, great almost 3 times S. Marino, among Switzerland and Austria, is independent from 1434.
Tall mountains separate it from Austria, while toward Switzerland the territory is level and the Rhine entirely marks the border of it.
It is a rich state, thanks to the particular fiscal conditions that adopts, that favor the center of thousand of foreign society.
The small capital Vaduz (5 thousand inhabitants) has the beautiful castle of medieval imprint of the Prince.

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Il Castello da Vaduz Il Castello del Principe

Photographies to greater solution can be found to the page The Old Europe Gallery