On behalf of His Majesty, D. Renato the First, regarding your meeting in our neighbor Madeira Island, I have the pleasure to invite you to visit Fort São José, the capital of our free State, Principality of Pontinha, and look, with your owns eyes, the Royal Chart from The King of Portugal, D. Carlos I, signed in 1903, selling not only the property but also the “dominium” of His Majesty’s island, the Forte de São José.

Our free and non violent government of the Principality is also willing to participate, as an observer, in your political European party’s (PPE’s family) meeting in Madeira, because it is His Majesty belief that we have many issues in common to discuss, as we all are in a democratic place.

If your portuguese colleagues tell you that they don’t know His Majesty’s Principality, or the Prince it-self, and therefore could not get His Majesty’s Contact, please note this cell phone: +351 96 4011891.

You can see below the links of His Majesty work regarding the recognition of His Principality as an independent state. We think your staff could translate it for your native languages.

His Majesty wish you a very pleasant flight to Madeira Island, his “niece-island”, and he his looking forward to have news from all of you shortly.

Kind regards,
The Prime-Minister

P.S. – This invitation will be released to the local, national and international press.

Kings regards

Forte de São José, dia 28 Setember do Ano da Graça de Anno a Christo Natto, MMX

Petição ao Estado Português pelo reconhecimento do Principado da Pontinha como Estado Soberano e Independente: http://www.peticaopublica.com/?pi=Principe

Forte de São José, dia 28 Setembro do Ano da Graça de Anno a Christo Natto, MMX

Translation from Diario de Notícias

A nail dating from the time of Christ’s crucifixion has been found at a remote fort believed to have once been a stronghold of the Knights Templar.

The four-inch long nail is thought to be one of thousands used in crucifixions across the Roman empire.

Archaeologists believe it dates from either the first or second century AD.

The nail was found last summer in a decorated box in a fort on the tiny isle of Ilheu de Pontinha, just off the coast of Madeira.

Pontinha was thought to have been held by the Knights Templar, the religious order that was part of the Christian forces which occupied Jerusalem during the Crusades in the 12th century.

The knights were part of the plot of Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code.

Bryn Walters, an archaeologist, said the iron nail’s remarkable condition suggested it had been handed with extreme care, as if it was a relic.

“It dates from the first to second centuries,” he told the Daily Mirror.

While one would expect the surface to be “pitted and rough” he said on this nail the surface was smooth.

That suggested that many people had handled it over the centuries, with the acid on their hands giving it a “peculiar finish”.

Christopher Macklin of the Knights Templar of Britannia said the discovery was “momentous”.

He said the original Knights Templar may have thought it was one of the nails used in Christ’s crucifixion.

The nail was found together with three skeletons and three swords.

One of the swords had the Knight Templar’s cross inscribed on it.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

A nail from the time of Christ’s crucifixion which was hidden by the same knights who featured in The Da Vinci Code has been found in a dig.

The four-inch Roman relic, stored in an ornate box, was uncovered by archaeologists working at a fort thought to have been a former Knights Templar stronghold.

It was buried with three skeletons and three swords, including one with the religious order’s cross on its blade, on the tiny island of Ilheu de Pontinha, off Madeira.

The iron nail is of the type used in thousands of crucifixions – but it is special. Archaeologist Bryn Walters said: “It dates from the 1st to 2nd centuries. You’d expect the surface to be pitted and rough after so long. But this was smooth.

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“It looks like it had been handled by a lot of people over a long period of time and the acid from their hands have given it a peculiar finish.”

Yesterday Christopher Macklin of the Knights Templar of Britannia described last summer’s find as “momentous”.

He said evidence the nail had been handled a lot “indicates it was of great interest to many people”. He believes the original Knights Templar thought it was a genuine artefact from Christ’s crucifixion.

They occupied Jerusalem during the Crusades a thousand years after Christ, and claimed to be guardians of the Holy Grail, the cross and other relics. The Da Vinci Code portrays them as a modern secret society.

Source: News of Mirror.co.uk

O amor, esse sentimento que vem da mente, que é sobretudo espiritual, encarnado, atrai, apaixona, perdendo-se na noite dos tempos as suas imensas formas e desfechos, uns mais felizes que outros.

Desde sempre, muitos foram os amores nascidos, despertados, vividos no Principado do Ilhéu da Pontinha .

Daí, que uma vez mais, o Principado da Pontinha, no dia 14 de Fevereiro, vai celebrar em grande, o dia dos namorados, pelo que convida todos os enamorados a estarem presentes e a virem recordar o primeiro carinho trocado, ao som das ondas, das gaivotas e assim como que leve brisa a trespassar o coração.

Tenha 16 ou 100 anos, venha reviver o seu amor, no miradouro do Principado. Recordar é viver !
Forte de São José, dia 13 Fevereiro do Ano da Graça de 2008

Anno a Christo Natto, MMVIII

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