Editing Tavolara Island (section)

==History==
[[File:Flag of Tavolara.svg|thumb|right|150px|Flag of the [[Kingdom of Tavolara]].]]
The island was known in ancient times as '''Hermea'''. According to tradition, [[Pope Pontian|Pope St. Pontian]] died on Tavolara following his abdication and exile in 235. It is probably the island previously called Tolar, which was used by some Arab ships in 848–849 as a base to attack nearby coasts.<ref>Ferrero della Marmora, Alberto (1860), ''Itinéraire de l'ile de Sardaigne pour faire suite au Voyage en cette contrée,'' pp 190-193</ref>

[[Joachim Murat]] visited Tavolara in 1815 during his attempt to regain the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. At that time the island was uninhabited.<ref>{{cite journal |year=1826 |title=Review:  ''Mémoires sur les événements qui ont précédé la mort de Joachim I., roi des deux Siciles'' |journal=The Monthly Review |volume=2 |page=512 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5JYCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA512 |access-date=2011-03-30 }}</ref>

In 1836 the [[micronation|imaginary kingdom]] of Tavolara was given to the [[Bertoleoni]] family by [[Charles Albert]] the King of [[Sardinia]].

After Italian unification, “King Paolo” actively sought recognition from Italy. During his “reign”, in 1868 the Italian government began operating a lighthouse on the northeast end of the island.<ref>"Notice to Mariners," ''London Gazette,'' Aug 28, 1868, p. 4734</ref>

The tomb of one of its members “Paolo I” is in the graveyard on the island, surmounted by a crown.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160304-the-worlds-smallest-kingdom | title=The world's smallest kingdom}}</ref>