Where Was The World’s First Embassy?
| Updated: 17 Jul 2018
Mystery Hour Question
Question: Where was the world’s first embassy? Gareth from Chesham.
Answer:
Name: Gill, Beckingham
Qualification: Her husband used to be an ambassador.
Answer: The first embassy was started in the 13th century in Northern Italy – Milan, where city states had embassies with each other.
Before the 13th century, countries would send representatives around, but didn’t have defined embassies – Milan was the first.