A Brief History of Venice
In the I century BC, Venetia indicated a region
governed by the Roman Empire and included
the current Veneto, Istria, Trentino and
Friuli regions. When the Lombards came to
Northern Italy in 568, the population fled
towards the Adriatic coast and the islands to
escape them. This is how Venice was founded,
starting from the first inhabited nucleus at
Malamocco. When power was transferred to
the Rialto area, a state was born, and once
the body of St. Mark, the city’s patron saint,
was recovered in 828, Venice declared its independence.
Venice ceased to be independent
on 12th May 1797, when Napoleon gave the
Veneto state to Austria under the Treaty of
Campoformio. Subsequently, in 1866, Venice
shall become part of the Kingdom of Italy.
During its 1100 years of life, the Most Serene
Republic extended its dominion to most of the
Adriatic coastline, to the Greek islands and
Crete. On the mainland, it ruled over Friuli
and, towards the Po plain, over Bergamo and
Brescia and part of Romagna.
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