Why is Andorra a Country? - History of Andorra in 10 Minutes
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Why is Andorra a Country? - History of Andorra in 10 Minutes
If you’ve never seen Andorra on a map, that’s probably because it’s not very easy to see. And if you have, you may be wondering, why is it even a country? A nation so small that it gets lost from sight between the border of Spain and France ever so easily. So why does it exist?
Even more curious than the fact that tiny Andorra is utterly and overwhelmingly landlocked between Spain and France, it also is actually a co-principality between the two. Both neighbors share a certain level of authority over Andorra still today, and they have for many years.
The origins of the sovereign state, at least according to Andorra itself, can be traced all the way back to the time of Charlemagne. The story goes that when the Frankish king set up a series of buffer states between Christian France and Muslim-controlled al-Andalus, Andorra was one of the states to serve as part of this Marca Hispanica buffer, and is the only remaining state of the region as well.
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I discovered Andorra on a map when I was a child in the 1960's. I was fascinated with it and wrote the tourist office and the government on how to immigrate. You can't imagine how excited I was to receive a great big fat envelope stuffed full with exotic brochures and information. I wrote them again when I was in grade 8 and was treated to another bundle of excellent material and used all of it for a world geography school project. I still have the postage stamps.
Despite my getting up there in age, Andorra is still on my wish list of places to visit before I can't. It holds a very special place in my heart. Love from 🇨🇦
This made me remember writing a letter to Ross Perot in 1995 I believe. His campaign wrote me back and I was very excited. Wish I still had the letter. Much different things but I think related in a way that it's something about underdogs or oddities or extremes that always interested me. As well I always loved looking at maps. I don't know why but I have always been fascinated with them. And all my life studied them.
Go visit!
Now, I'm gonna write go them, cause I want a package full of stuff!!!😊
Why Andorra exists? Because every house needs a laundry room?!
You must really andore it
I’m from and live in Andorra, I’m so tired of explaining to people the country even exists, I’m so glad to see an actual video of the country and it’s history.
Hello I wanna to come there please can i connect to you for more if u do mind
Never heard of it and I am keen on geography! Stupid eh! Mind you, I live in New Zealand and lots of people say Where? They have not got a clue!
...Having traveled the world,,Spain and France included,, I've got to say that I'd never heard of it until this video...
I created Andorra and once we invade Spain France and Portugal, the world will know of us
oh relax you are not the only small country in this planet, andorra exist to fiscal evasion,
everyones knows it
"And the Andorran government was turning into a more autonomous organism"
*The mitochondria is the powerhouse of Andorra*
I see you everywhere, we both use CZcams too much
Hello Avery. I see you in every channel I watch. Have you ever noticed me? It seems we have the same interests for years.
J
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Andorran people after ww2:" Wait, there are more nations than just France and Spain?"
"Imma go do more frens now"
You mean WW1
More like, in 1957 "Oh damnit, we're still in war with Germany since they forgot about us in the peace Treaty of Versailles from WWI" xD
@@nereal.9062 Sorry, that's a hoax. A very extended one but still a hoax. I was disappointed when I found it... Still, funny to tell. I got another good one from the 80s when there was a wave of histeria: many people were claiming Govern was filling helicopters with adders and releasing them on the peaks - could you imagine that?
WHAT!U DON'T KNOW!😯
I’ve been visiting and living in many countries around the world, and I’ve been in Andorra 🇦🇩 twice but there are no countries like Andorra for tidiness, beautiful building designs, lovely and friendly people, fresh and clear atmosphere. You just can’t imagine how beautiful is that country.
United States of America
@Matthew Neddeau That's right Singapore is a nice country but can't be compared to Andorra because in Andorra you can't find homeless, druggies, and beggars at all.
@@PurrfectMedia USA is a great and beautiful country and it has plenty of things of good and bad as well, but I'm talking only about the good ones.
America is huge though so much diversity and beauty. I don’t think you could experience everything even if you spent your whole life traveling it. I see what you’re saying though. I’d love to visit Andorra one day ❤️ and Australia
@@darwinstravel3646 just saw your video on it too 🔥 incredibly beautiful
As a 'gap year' 19 year old traveling Canadian during 1970, i enjoyed several days in Andorra 🇦🇩 during a six month grand tour of about 20 countries and principalities. We traveled in a red and white VW MICROBUS with 23 windows and a sunroof!
Our main motivation to visit Andorra, besides the expected beautiful Pyreneeian mountain beauty, was the country's duty free status. We wanted to buy cassette tapes of the rock music of the day and a tape recorder to play them on. ...and so we did!
Besides hooking it up to the van's electrical system and having music for the remainder of the trip, we later made an original musical recording. It featured percussion using our camper van's cooking utensils, humming vocals, and the Hitachi tape player's packing materials being rubbed against the condensation on the hotbox windows.
Outside the International Youth Hostel in the former 1960 Olympic Village in Rome, "The Non-Electric Styrofoam Midnight Wally-Bus Band" recorded their only ''hit single entitled (sp?) "Coinyo con Frito"! 🇪🇸
Ah, the smokey memories of the 60s, Man! ANDORRA ROCKS!!!
🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦
I'd like to play a strategy game and pick Andorra and attempt to take over the whole world!
Game name plz
@@HamzaAli-ie3hc hoi4 try that game
@@ludbamaha3406 Europa Universalis 4 would be my best guess. Probably need a modded version. If anyone knows let me know.
Age of history 2 is pretty good as well
Closest you're going to get is Luxembourg in Hearts of Iron 4
Andorra: exists
Knowledgia and History Matters: *But why?*
You want to conquer it and don't want to do the mistake of Nepollean
Why north korea is exist
Can u imagine buddy was literally Kim Jong-un hiding in plain sight? Lol I mean there is only like a hundred websites on the North Korean internet. Must get boring
Dominos burger
Yes, but why Great Leader?!
I think Andorra exists as a nation for the sole purpose of having a banking system, in which billionaires from all over Europe - and the whole world, as well - can put their money in, without being taxed for It. The same goes to Monaco, San Marino, and other small nations around the world
Correct. Its a tax evasion enterprise.
Is this the tldr of the video? Lol
They exist to prevent other nations from robbing people.
I believe it and a few other political reasons
Hi. coming from an Andorran citizen, this is completely false. please inform yourself before saying this kind of things!
I've been to Andorra, it's a beautiful country with very interesting history
I was lucky enough to go skiing in Andorra 6 years ago it was really amazing
Awesome!
I am so glad you showed the change in kingdoms around its borders it gives us a better understanding thank you
Last week my bf and I drove to andorra. Reminds me a little of Switzerland with its pastures, mountains and lovely houses. It is as clean as my country Germany and people are less obnoxious than Spanish people. Everybody minding their own business, no yelling, no noises. I felt like home after 4 years in Valencia 🤣
Das ist mir wurst
Obnoxious?
The Onion:
*"U.S. Shocked that Andorra is not in Africa."*
I saw it a few days ago
honestly andorra does sound like it would be a country in africa (going off if you had no idea any country existed besides the US and canada)
The name andorra sounds western european, doesnt sound anything like an african name
Ever heard of a country called Angola
As Andorrian myself I appreciate
You taking about the history of my country
It’s so underrated
Hey what languages can you speak?
@@truthseekerBVC I'm guessing Catalonian
Hello from the US 🇺🇸 ✨ 💕
@@thewhovianhippo7103 I don't think there are any young people who speak only Catalan...
@@truthseekerBVC shame oh well I guess I have to remember never to trust Wikipedia
I had no idea there was a town in Spain (Llivia), competely surrounded by France, just to the east of Andorra, until watching this video and then doing some research afterwards.
A few centuries ago, it was part of the Principality of Catalonia, like Perpignan and its surrounding territories.
I went to Andorra a few years ago. Spectacular scenery and fascinating romanesque churches.
Andorra for a country so small everyone sure likes to drive fast. Beautiful and friendly country where the official language is Catalan and my Catalan wife says it doesn't seem like another different country. Strangly enough there is an unguarded border with Catalonia and when we were driving the back roads of Andorra we ended up in Os de Civis, Catalonia without realizing we left Andorra. Driving back there is a change of pavement and a small sign that mentions this.
Interesting video, good job as usual :)
Andorra exists so that Spanish CZcamsrs can avoid taxes.
😃😃😃
They don't avoid taxes but pay less taxes in Andorra compared to what they have to pay in Spain! Same happens with businesses that decide to go to other countries for tax purposes.
They came here in Andorra to evoid spanish people bro..
@@Clvd
Yeah, that's not it. The majority of them are whinging about how isolated they feel and that they miss Spain.
@@nereal.9062 That is why Spanish footballers were paid very high salary. ⚽⚽⚽
Excellent Report! For Andorra to exist all this time in one form or another is a tribute to its flexibility even if it had little choice at the time events took place. Now I need to watch the show on Luxembourg! Happy Trails
Am hearing this Nation for the first time
Thanks for the detailed information provided
We appreciate
Good video.
My ancestors were from Andorra,Canaries island and some parts of Madrid.
I’ll love to visit those places
Great video!
Interesting & fascinating! Thanks!
Andorran Empire 😎
And the emperor is el Rubius
@@alatisangelvs Nope, he's Spanish.
So basically, Andorra is like a pet 🐕 adopted and raised by a couple of neighbors who take mutual custody of it.
If a side intends to break in the other occupies until the conflict is over. Last century, French gendarmes protected us.
Yeah! 😂
More like Andorra played the neighbourgs against each other to remain independant.
Not pets, but definitely taken care of by both France and Spain.
@@anaibarangan4908 that basically what a Pet are.
Correction:
Charles the Bald, was NOT Charlemagne's son, but grandson.
Louis the Pious (814-840), was Emperor after the death of his father Charlemagne and when he died, the Empire broke in 3 pieces, among his 3 sons.
Charles the Bald, the youngest of them, took the kingdom of West Francia (that included the Spanish March), which in time developed into the kingdom of France.
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@@hessen5498 haha lol
I don't knw that it applies to Charles the Bald but, in old English, "bald" means white headed. As in bald eagle.
Good job!
Hiked there in 1975 and camped we had been fruit picking in Norfolk before going there , met up with others from England and it was an adventure of a lifetime. Those were the days
So I finally broke and purchased an annual subscription for CuriosityStream.
Great to finally find out how an why Andora came about.
Thanks for sharing guys
Paul 14.54 gmt Uk cheers
I've heard of Andorra being a country but had no clue where it was or anything else about it. Interesting!
Very nice history about tiny country of Andorra independente Estados
Great for skiing !
Hello. Just a detail, but Charles the Bald was Charlemagne grandson, not his son.
Very interesting piece of history. Appreciate the fact that someone was willing to do the research and and then take the time to share it with others.
Nice video. I would be interested to see how there is that speck of Spanish territory entirely surrounded by French territory just east to Andorra.
That’s Llivia, a part of the Cerdanya, another territory of the old County of Urgell and later of Foix. The Cerdanya has been for centuries in dispute between France and Spain, remaining mostly the Lower Cerdanya with Llivia in Catalonia, Spain, and the Upper Cerdanya in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. Llivia didn’t go to France in the treaty of the Pyrenees of 1659 (right after the war between Spain and France in the context of the Thirty Years War), because it didn’t have its autonomy only by the rights of the counts at the service of Charlemagne in the Marca Hispanica, but the also emperor Charles V (who also was king Charles I of Spain) had in the 16th century elevated the status of the city of Llivia to a privileged city under the personal sovereignty of the king of Spain (not having to pay taxes), as Cerdanya was by then part of Spain (in the Crown of Aragon), and that’s why the privilege was considered to supersede the one of the other and way older emperor Charlemagne, and it couldn’t be given to France under the same rights the rest of the cities were in the treaty. If the treatment of Charles V to Llivia had something to do with the love affair he had with Germaine of Foix, the attractive redhead and still young widow of his grandfather Ferdinand V of Castile (II of Aragon), it is still to be discovered…
Merci, i live in Toulouse close to Andorre and didn't knew his History
I stayed one night there while traveling from France to Barcelona. We arrived on Friday and the place was empty. Saturday is was packed with people coming from France to buy cheaper fuel and goods.
09:01 and now we need a video about that tiny "island" of Spanish border gore, please.
just a mistake on the map? or something weird?
It is the Catalan town of Llívia, a very tiny exclave surrounded by France. Look up it's history, it is pretty interesting!
In 1659 by the Treaty of the Pyrenees, Spain gave a good chunk of Catalonia to France. Llívia was spared because the treaty provided for the transfer of villages and Llívia had the status of town, given by Charles V in 1528. It was annexed by Napoleon along with the rest of Catalonia but given back to Spain with the triumph of the absolutist monarchies.
Has anyone mentioned the principality of Genovia, as featured in "The Princess Diaries"? Its location is right where Andorra is.
Nice video.
A great place to ski and the clubs are unique.
I've live here now with my family... thanks for info.
I would hate to see Andora dissolved. I'm sure the mere suggestion is greatly offensive to the citizens who live there. I don't see Monaco or the Vatican being disolved any time soon. This was a interesting history.
Obviously we ain’t happy about ppl saying that we are in a very good place and even a high class community
There isn’t a singular homeless man in the whole country
I feel so good to know about the history of Andorra as a Nation when i am in Andorra at the moment 9n Vacation ... Hola ☺️
Andorra and Switzerland forever!
Great video but I have one correction. Charles the bald was the grandson of Charlemagne not son.
Good video
This was a great commercial for Curiosity Stream...I didn't wait around for the rest.
Good work admirable your videos are full of knowledge I appreciate your work well done
Neutral is the key to surviving for the small country. 50/50 on everything. Good or bad.
Wow I just found out about this country Andorra. I think I want to explore.
I discovered Andorra when I traveled to Barcelona, Spain 3 years ago. I booked a little tourist tour by bus visiting 3 countries in a day. It was beautiful, green and the people were very friendly. A nice bonus is that we got to have our passports stamped. Interesting uncertain fact, according to the tour guide: the only way a foreigner can become a citizen is my marriage. I don’t know how true that is tho🤔
It is not that way or at least not the only one. 25 years living there plus an exam on local culture, an accelerated version is when at 16 years old if one has been through the local educative system. Or you could marry an Andorran and that's fine.
Losing nationality is easier than getting it. Andorran nationality requires exclusivity so when you acquire it, you must drop the previous one.
Did you get your passport stamped when re-entering Spain? I am interested in going to Andorra and am wondering how passport control is when entering and leaving Andorra. I have a US passport
@@alexanderreyes2768 No we did not get our passports stamped returning to Spain. But then again i dont remember getting it stamped either when we travelled to Germany a few days later🤔
Nice video! Could you make one for Liechtenstein?
One of the million dollar questions.
Wtf 😂
Please make a video about Llivia, Ceuta and Melilla. As usual this video is superb! Thanks.
To think there's ranches here in Australia much larger in area, Anna Creek the largest is 24,000km2
Im from Andorra good video !! 👍
Visca Andorra !! VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR !!!
I am more intrigued by that yellow spot beside it. I looked it up and it really is a tiny speck of Spain surrounded by France. It is where the town of Llivia is.
Went there on a road trip with parents many years ago. The ‘70s I think.
I still remember because it was a dark and stormy night. Seriously. A mountain storm rolled in and I was scared as a young kid.
We ended up following this obviously local, decrepit old van up the mountain to the border. They didn’t let him through, the engine was exposed and was burning oil. He guided us up the pass though.
@Hello Grey how are you doing?
Did no one else notice he said "Chalemagne" like Timothy Chalamet, instead of "Charlemagne"? Just a nitpick. Love your stuff, Knowledgia.
Did no one else notice you said "Timothy" instead of "Timotée"? Just a nitpick.
Amazing
Anyone who follows alpine ski racing knows about Andorra, as the FIS World Cup finals have been hosted there twice, 2019 and 2023. I think there have been occasional regular season World Cup Races there in the past, but I can't think of any dates off hand.
I went to Andorra in 2001 and loved the people and the general feel of the place. In short I loved it :)
Sandwiched between two great powers who ruled the world once that is really impressive staying still alive.
That's really the trick that made it work!
nice videos in your channel. I suggest two things.
1.the narration is too fast now. I am slowing the video down
2. also it would be great when u list out the events if you could list out the reason for the even would be very much involving and interesting
Well done on Lleida pronunciation
But he butchered everything else 😭
🇦🇩 wow this is the Flag of Andorra state.
love from Philippines 🇵🇭 buenos dias amigos.
@Question Everything Trip lang namin
@Question Everything So ang tingin mo sa flag ng pilipinas emoji lang? Ang yabang nyo di porket maliit at mahina lang bansa natin ang baba ng tingin mo saamin
"Foix" is not pronounced "fouah" but "foeesh". It's Catalan/Occitan. Not French.
It’s a nice little town , been there twice , 2005 and 2015 , we were on driving holiday in 2005 and went to a show about the Cathers , it was in the dark using projectors to show images on to the castle walls , it was great even though we couldn’t speak French , we were staying near another lovely small town ,Mirpoix .
Thanks for the info. 😃
TY 😊
I have been to Andorra and I loved the place. Will plan on it for my next vacation. Cheap cigs and booze...actually saw cigarette machines everywhere
I didn’t know of this until I watched this video
I never knew about Andora till now.
Smal european states: reasons for existing back then: feudalism and/or just the big players ignored them. Reasons for existing today, off shore banking and being a tax heaven.
personally i think leaders or constitutions (groups of people with declarations) having good virtues having the power and capability to sustain themselves with no interference from their neighbors can function very effectively for the peoples living in such regions---Singapore, Luxembourg, Belgium, HK, Monaco, Macau, etc....
Could you update the video to include Andorra becoming independent again in 1814? It was very confusing when watching this video to hear that Andorra was annexed by France then hear about World War 1 in the context of an independent country. I had to look up the history on Wikipedia to confirm that Andorra was actually independent again at that time.
Great to know
Nicely explained.
It looked like from zoomed in map of Andorra, there is an even smaller section on Spain near the border that is completely surrounded by France. That must be an interesting story too and should make a good video.
That's called Llívia and it's another border anomaly (by saying anomaly I don't mean it's something bad, just that it's not some boring line and that's all).
"Shall-a-mane"..... face palm
Aaayyeee! Yeuh!yeuh! 🕺
Sounds like a Rockbusters answer
This is not the first instance. He mispronounces a lot of names, I noticed.
@@Cjnw Yes, because we all know that the only people who complain are the ones born between the 40s and 60s
"Ger -maine" ...
Basque ? just west of there… also interesting history. But then again Catalina took this area? What’s the status on Catalina?
It was an attempt to become the smallest country in the world and get Guinness record, but they didn't notice Vatican.
2:02 "shallowmange" 😂
awesome ski resort
There is Monaco, Lichtenstein, San Marino...The Vatican is pretty small too and many other small nations so why not ?
I dream to go there ❤️
9:00 what's with that little bit of yellow east of Andorra? Is that part of Spain?
In 1959, Andorra made peace with Germany in order to be able to accommodate German holidaymakers. Because the mountain people were still waging war against Kaiser Wilhelm: "At the Treaty of Versailles," Andorra's ex-Prime Minister Caerat complained, "they asked us to forget."
0:30
Better question is, what is that tiny yellow zit right next to Andorra on the French side?
Wow. My mistake. I thought you were going to talk about a rug 😊😂😂
Great video as always, one thing I noticed though this is more a European history channel and less a world history channel. Not sure you guys ment to do that, but definitely stands out.
Gotta love all these catalonian names pronunced in english
Wow.. andorra has the best survival history as nation.. and they know how to manage things esp if ur neighboring nations are so big, hundred times bigger..
And with no army
See I'll tell you how Andorra became a thing
Baguette pen + tomatoes=
Andorra
Because rich people need places as tax heavens.....
Mhm
Is the market, Amigo!!!
Do you know the story of the man of Taured? Fascinating...
Ever heard of the story The Count of Monticristo??
For the same reasons as monte carlo, Luxembourg, san remo , and or they couldn't decide which royal families duchy they were because they were intermarried with both.
I never knew about this country