- Venetia (region)
[
23 March 1848 -24 August 1849 ) was an Italian tricolour, with the lion of St. Mark.] Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area ofNortheast Italy , corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of theVeneto andFriuli-Venezia Giulia .Venetia formed for a long time the Italian land portion of the
Republic of Venice . In1797 , the Republic ended withNapoleon 's invasion, and was included in the French Empire.After the
Congress of Vienna ,1815 , Venetia was a part of theKingdom of Lombardy-Venetia , a separate kingdom of theAustrian Empire . In1848 , Venetia arose against the central Austrian government, forming the "Governo Provvisorio di Venezia" (Venice Temporary Government) that lasted only seventeen months. Venetia remained under Austrian control until theAustro-Prussian war in1866 , when the Kingdom of Italy joined this war on the Prussian front and she was promised Venetia as thanks for her assistance.
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