10 tiniest inhabited islands in the world
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/10-tiniest-inhabited-islands-in-the-world.htmlFrom time immemorial, people have tended to protect their homes from the outside world - with fences, walls, ditches. Some simply chose hard-to-reach places to build, such as cliffs, forests and islands surrounded by a lake, river and even the ocean. Below is a list of the tiniest but most picturesque inhabited islands in the world.
1. Island of Lake Bled, Slovenia (James Southorn/CC BY 2.0)
The Mariinsky Church is located on the island.
2. Wilhelmstein Island, Hannover, Germany (ChristianSchd)
There is a fortress-museum on the island.
3. Visovac Island, Croatia (Marz88/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
There is a 17th-century Franciscan monastery on the island.
4. Pontikonisi Island, Kerkyra, Greece (Ava Babili/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
The Vlaherna monastery is located on the island.
5. Island on Lake Galve, Lithuania (Vaidotas Mišeikis/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Trakai Castle is located on the island.
6. Island of St. George, Montenegro (Diego Delso)
There is a Benedictine abbey on the island.
7. Island “Gospa od Skrpela”, Montenegro (Diego Delso)
The Church of Our Lady is located on the island.
8. Dunbar Island, Honduras (PilotGirl/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
There is a private villa on the island.
9. Mont Saint Michel Island, France (Nicolas Raymond/CC BY 2.0)
There is a town and an abbey on the island.
10. Bjarnaray Island, Iceland (Diego Delso)
There is a hunting lodge on the island.
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