Isola Comacina, Belgium

Isola Comacina is a small island in the middle of Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy.

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Much later in 1911, Auguste Caprini of Sala Comacina purchased the last lot of land on the island, thus becoming the sole owner of Comacina. Upon his death, he bequeathed the land to King Albert I of Belgium. The little island was sacrificed with painful emotion during the sad years of World War I, but after the war Comacina was rightful- ly returned to Italy. In 1927 a royal decree placed the island under the rule of Princess Marie-Jose, daughter of Victor-Emmanuel III.

http://www.comacina.it/articoli/italian-tribune.html

What if Belgium ends up keeping the tiny lake island?
 
There would probably be some sign that says 'welcome in Belgium' and a couple of villas of rich Belgians and perhaps even a Royal residence. But that's all.
 
Errr... Just because the island is owned by the King of Belgium doesn't make it Belgian territory. Unless I missed something, there is no claim here that it was ever part of Belgium.
 
Errr... Just because the island is owned by the King of Belgium doesn't make it Belgian territory. Unless I missed something, there is no claim here that it was ever part of Belgium.

So its political status was like the Congo Free State? If it had to be returned to Italy, that implies that, for the brief period of time that the King of Belgium owned it, it wasn't sovereign territory of Italy.
 
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