War Of The Stop Signs
The war of the stop signs (, , ) was an event that happened on the (Spain) / D-68 (France) road that connects the town and Spanish Enclave, exclave of Llívia with Puigcerdà (Spanish border city next to France) between the early 1970s and the 1980s. Llívia is a Spanish town in the province of Girona, Catalonia, which is completely surrounded by France, French territory since 1660 (Treaty of the Pyrenees). In 1866, the third France–Spain border#Bayonne Treaties, Bayonne Treaty, established that the path (now road) that connected Llívia with Puigcerdà was of "free movement" to ease the crossing to some grazing lands the town owns inside French territory. In the early 1970s, the French government built stop signs on the road forcing traffic to stop and yield to the French roads. The Spanish residents repeatedly tore down the stop signs, stating that they violated the "free movement" of the road that the treaty established. Finally, in the early 1980s, the Spanish government fin ...
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Terme De Llivia
Terme (formerly spelled ''Termeh''; Ancient Greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is the seat of Terme District, Samsun Province, Turkey. Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain. Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra (Pontus), Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα. Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the Amazons, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the Samsun region. See also * Themiscyra Plain References

Populated places in Samsun Province Fishing communities in Turkey Districts of Samsun Province {{Samsun-geo-stub ...
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