The Republic of Venice in 1560 and the Albania veneta shown as the pink area south of the Republic of Ragusa around Cattaro (Kotor)

Albania Veneta (English: Venetian Albania) was the name for the possessions of the Republic of Venice in southern Dalmatia from 1420 to 1797. It originally covered the coastal area of what is now northern Albania and the coast of Montenegro but the Albanian part and a southern Montenegrin part were eventually lost to the Ottomans in 1571. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Borders of the Republic of Ragusa, 1426-1808 Capital Ragusa Language(s) Latin, Italian since 1492 Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Duke  - 1808 Auguste Marmont Historical era Renaissance  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Invasion by France January 31, 1808  - Annexed October 14, 1808 Area  - 1808? 1,500 km2 579... Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ... Anthem Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, Bright Dawn of May Montenegro() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Official languages Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Demonym Montenegrin Government Republic  -  President Filip Vujanović  -  Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence due to the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro   -  Declared June 3, 2006... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy [[Category:Former monarchies}}|Ottoman Empire, 1299]] Sultans  - 1281–1326...

Name

The word "Veneta" in Albania Veneta was used to differentiate the area from the Muslim Albania (called Albania Ottomana in those centuries), an area stretching from Kosovo to southern Albania. There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Kosovo (Albanian: or , Serbian: , transliterated ; also , transliterated ) is a region in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ...

Geography

These Venetian possessions stretched from the southern borders of the Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) to Durazzo (Durres) in coastal Albania. The Venetian territories never reached more than 20 km from the Adriatic Sea. After 1573 the southern limit was moved to the village of Confin (Kufin) near Budua (Budva), because of the Ottoman conquests of Antivari (Bar), and Dulcigno (Ulcinj) in the Balkans. Borders of the Republic of Ragusa, 1426-1808 Capital Ragusa Language(s) Latin, Italian since 1492 Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Duke  - 1808 Auguste Marmont Historical era Renaissance  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Invasion by France January 31, 1808  - Annexed October 14, 1808 Area  - 1808? 1,500 km2 579... Durrës (Photo by Marc Morell) Durrës (Albanian: Durrës or Durrësi) is the most ancient city of Albania and one of the most economically important as the biggest port city. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Coordinates Mayor Rajko Kuljača Municipality area 122 km² Population  - city  - municipality 10,918 15,909 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded 5th Century B.C. Area code +381 86 Car plates BD Official Website http://www. ... Coordinates Mayor Žarko Pavićević (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 598 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 13,719 40,037 67. ... Coordinates Mayor Gëzim Hajdinaga (DUA - DPS - SDP) Municipality area 255 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 10,828 20,290 79. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The Dominions of Venice were centered around the Bay of Kotor and included the small cities of Cattaro (Kotor), Risano (Risan), Perasto (Perast), Teodo (Tivat), Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Budua (Budva) and Spizza (Sutomore). Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor, Bocca di Cattaro) in Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic sea. ... Coordinates Mayor Marija Ćatović (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 335 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 1,331 22,947 {{{density}}} No. ... Risan (Latin Rhizinium, Greek Rhizon) is the oldest settlement in the Bay of Kotor on the shores of the Adriatic sea in southern Montenegro, geographically located at 43°21′ N 18°42′ E. Lying in the innermost portion of the bay, the settlement was protected from the interior by inaccessible... Church in Perast The two islands off Perast Perast (Italian: Perasto) is an old town in Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), Montenegro. ... Coordinates Mayor Dragan KankaraÅ¡ (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 46 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 9,467 13,630 {{{density}}} No. ... Coordinates Mayor Dejan Mandić Municipality area 235 km² Population  - city  - municipality 12,739 33,034 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded 1382 Area code +381 88 Car plates HN Official Website www. ... Coordinates Mayor Rajko Kuljača Municipality area 122 km² Population  - city  - municipality 10,918 15,909 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded 5th Century B.C. Area code +381 86 Car plates BD Official Website http://www. ... Sutomore is a coastal town in a Serbia and Montenegro. ...

History

Venice started to take control of the small southern Dalmatian villages around the 10th century, assimilating quickly the Dalmatian language into the Venetian language. But only in the 14th century the Republic of Venice was able to create a territorial continuity around the Bay of Kotor. These Venetian dominions around Kotor lasted from 1420 to 1797 and were called Albania veneta, a historical province of the Republic of Venice. Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Dalmatian is an extinct Romance language formerly spoken along the eastern Adriatic in Dalmatian coast of Croatia and as far south as Kotor (Cattaro) in Montenegro. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ... Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor, Bocca di Cattaro) in Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic sea. ... Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ...

When the Turks started to conquer the Balkans in 15th century, many Christian Slavs took refuge inside Venetian Dalmatia and so even the Albania veneta started to have a huge Serb and Albanian population. By the end of 17th century the Romance speaking population of the historical Albania veneta was already a minority, according to Oscar Randi in his book ''Dalmazia etnica, incontri e fusioni. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

After the Napoleonic armies conquered and put an end to the Republic of Venice in 1797, the area of the Albania veneta changed control many times: in 1805 was annexed to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, then in 1809 was part of French Illyrian Provinces and finally in 1815 was put under Habsburg control in the Dalmatia of Austro-Hungary. Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ... Illyrian Provinces (French Provinces illyriennes) were formed in 1809 when Austria ceded with the Treaty of Schoenbrunn its lands Carinthia, Carniola, Croatia southwest of the river Sava, Gorizia and Trieste to France after the defeat at the Battle of Wagram. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

Under the Habsburg domination, Albania veneta was part of "Austrian Dalmatia" and in 1878 (at the Congress of Berlin) were added to this territory another 40 km² around Sutomore were added to this territory. Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... The Congress of Berlin was a meeting of the European Great Powers and the Ottoman Empires leading statesmen in Berlin in 1878. ...

The borders of the former venetian province of Albania veneta changed again in 1918, but were reinstated from 1941 to 1943 during WWII, when Mussolini annexed the territories around Cattaro to the Kingdom of Italy. The area was part of the italian Governatorato di Dalmazia and was called Provincia di Cattaro. Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... There have been several entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. ...

After WWII any political entity related to the historical presence of Venice in southern Dalmatia ceased to exist and the area was definitely incorporated into Yugoslavia. Actually the old Albania veneta is a coastal region of the newly independent Montenegro. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: Land of the South Slavs) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... Anthem Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, Bright Dawn of May Montenegro() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Official languages Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Demonym Montenegrin Government Republic  -  President Filip Vujanović  -  Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence due to the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro   -  Declared June 3, 2006...

History of the venetian speaking population of Albania veneta

According to the dalmatian historian Luigi Paulucci (in his book "Le Bocche di Cattaro nel 1810") the population of the Albania veneta, during the centuries of the Republic of Venice, was mainly venetian speaking (aproximately 66%) in the urban areas (Cattaro, Perasto, Budua, ecc..) around the "Bocche di Cattaro" (Bay of Kotor). Borders of the Republic of Venice in 1796 Capital Venice Language(s) Venetian, Latin Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Doge  - 1789–97 Ludovico Manin History  - Established 697  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Treaty of Leoben April 17, 1797 * Traditionally, the establishment of the Republic is dated to 697. ... Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor, Bocca di Cattaro) in Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic sea. ...

The venetian walls of Budua (Budva) in a 1900 postcard

But in the inland areas more than half of the population was serbocroatian speaking, after the first years of the eighteenth century. Paulucci wrote even that near the border with Albania there were big communities of albanian speaking people: Dulcigno (Ulcinj) was half albanian, one quarter venetian and one quarter slav speaking. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Coordinates Mayor Gëzim Hajdinaga (DUA - DPS - SDP) Municipality area 255 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 10,828 20,290 79. ...

During the nineteenth century, according to the historian Scaglioni Marzio, the wars of independence of Italy from the Austro-Hungarian empire created a situation of harrassment against the italian (or venetian speaking) communities in the austrian southern dalmatia. The result was that in 1880 there were in Cattaro, according to the austrian census, only 930 ethnic italians (or only 32% of a total population of 2910 people).

Venetian Map of 1680 showing Kotor (called Cattaro until 1797) and the surrounding bay

Furthermore, in the austrian census of 1910, the italians were reduced to only 13.6% in that city, according to Diego De Castro in his book Dalmazia, popolazione e composizione etnica. Cenno storico sul rapporto etnico tra Italiani e Slavi nella Dalmazia. Actually there are 500 italian speaking in Montenegro, mainly in the area of Cattaro (Kotor) and Perasto Perast, who constitute the "Comunitá Nazionale Italiana del Montenegro". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x903, 101 KB)Map of the Bay of Kotor from the 16th century File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x903, 101 KB)Map of the Bay of Kotor from the 16th century File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Anthem Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, Bright Dawn of May Montenegro() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Official languages Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 Demonym Montenegrin Government Republic  -  President Filip Vujanović  -  Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence due to the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro   -  Declared June 3, 2006... Coordinates Mayor Marija Ćatović (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 335 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 1,331 22,947 {{{density}}} No. ... Church in Perast The two islands off Perast Perast (Italian: Perasto) is an old town in Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), Montenegro. ...

The "disappearance" of the italian speaking populations in Dalmatia was nearly complete after WWII. The linguist Matteo Bartoli calculated that the italians were 33% of the Dalmatian population during the napoleonic wars, while actually there are only 300 italians in the croatian dalmatia and 500 italians in coastal Montenegro. Dalmatia, highlighted, on a map of Croatia. ... Matteo Giulio Bartoli (22 November 1873, Albona dIstria, Austria-Hungary – 23 January 1946 Turin) was an Italian linguist. ...

Population

Albanians lived in the south of the Albania veneta around Ulcinj (Venetian Dulcigno) and Dyrrachion. The area around Kotor (Venetian Cattaro) was populated by Slavs and Latins. Coordinates Mayor Gëzim Hajdinaga (DUA - DPS - SDP) Municipality area 255 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 10,828 20,290 79. ... Coordinates Mayor Marija Ćatović (DPS - SDP) Municipality area 335 km² Population (2003 census)  - city  - municipality  - density 1,331 22,947 {{{density}}} No. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

Gallery

Catholic Cathedral of Saint Tryphon in Cattaro (Kotor) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 594 KB) I took this picture in Serbia-Montenegro in 2004. ... Towers of the Saint Tryphon cathedral The Cathedral of Saint Tryphonis located in the city of Kotor, one of the best preserved medieval fortified towns in the Mediterranean. ...	Church in Perasto (Perast) with typical venetian bellfry ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 589 KB) I took this picture in Serbia-Montenegro in 2004. ...	Postcard showing the venetian architecture of Perasto in 1900 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Old Cattaro (Kotor) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ...
Venetian walls of Cattaro (Kotor) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 469 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1307 × 1672 pixel, file size: 808 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Walls of Kotor, Montenegro File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Old Perasto (Perast) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 368 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Roman mosaic in Risano (Risan) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ...	Old venetian church of Cattaro (Kotor) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1232 × 1840 pixel, file size: 932 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Abandoned church seen from uphill in Kotor, Montenegro Source: Sares Date: 25 Sept. ...

Bibliography

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• Bartl, Peter. Der venezianische Türkenkrieg im Jahre 1690 nach den Briefen des päpstlichen Offiziers Guido Bonaventura. In: Südost-Forschungen 26 (1967) 88-101.
• Bartoli, Matteo. Le parlate italiane della Venezia Giulia e della Dalmazia. Tipografia italo-orientale. Grottaferrata 1919.
• Cecchetti, Bartolomeo. Intorno agli stabilimenti politici della repubblica veneta nell'Albania. In: Atti del Regio Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti. Bd. 3, Seria 4, S. 978-998. 1874.
• De Brodmann, Giuseppe. Memorie politico-economiche della citta e territorio di Trieste, della penisola d’Istria, della Dalmazia fu Veneta, di Ragusi e dell’Albania, ora congiunti all’Austriaco Impero. Venezia 1821.
• De Castro, Diego. Dalmazia, popolazione e composizione etnica. Cenno storico sul rapporto etnico tra Italiani e Slavi nella Dalmazia. ISPI 1978.
• Durant, Will. The Renaissance. MJK Books. New York, 1981.
• Gelcich, Giuseppe. Memorie storiche sulle bocche di Cattaro. Zara 1880.
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• Scaglioni Marzio. La presenza italiana in Dalmazia 1866-1943 Histria ed. Trieste,2000.
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References

• The struggle between Venice and the Ottoman empire for the "Albania veneta" in the sixteenth century (italian)
• Cattaro (Kotor) and the Montenegro's venetian speaking area (italian)
• UNESCO: Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (Cattaro)
• Historical review of the Italian traces in Montenegro (Italian)
• Dante Alighieri association in Kotor (Cattaro)
• Joshua project: actual Montenegro population (1200 italians)