By Linda Tancs
Over 900 years old, the Order of Malta is an ancient order that traces its origins to a monk’s humanitarian missions directed at pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. More than just a religious order, its Knights comprise a sovereign entity that prints passports and enjoys diplomatic relations–all without the borders of a country to call its own. The stateless state is located in Rome’s Via Condotti. That’s quite unlike its namesake, the island of Malta.


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