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San Marco, Venice and Istria
"Chi per mar, chi per tera all the Turks soto tera pim pum! Long live San Marco shouted the boys in memory of the victories over the Turks and especially the battle of Lepanto". Taken from Tommaso Luciani, “Tradizioni popolari albonesi”, Capodistria 1892, tip. Cobol and Priora, page 8. In the opening photo the Lion of San Marco in Capodistria – Palazzo Totto. The Lion was located on Castel Leone located at the entrance to the city and destroyed by the French in 1805; the Lion, symbol of San Marco Evangelista, who is celebrated on April 25, was saved and walled up in Palazzo Totto where we can still admire it today. A plaque commemorates: “SYMBOL OF VENETIAN POTENZA ALREADY...
The memorable Captain Alvise Viscovich and the Doge liberator of Dalmatia
On April 20, 1797, at the entrance to the port of Lido, sailors from the Bay of Kotor, commanded by Captain Alvise Viscovich, reacted victoriously to the French naval provocation, testifying to the loyalty of the Dalmatians to Venice. Last feat of arms in Venice. TI CON NU – NU CON TI. In Venice, every year, right next to the Church of San Nicolò del Lido where in 2005 the Dalmatian Pillars were built by Franco Luxardo and the late Tullio Vallery, the Festa della Sensa is celebrated every year, which originated following the memorable doge's enterprise in the year 1000. Venice freed the populations of Dalmatia from slavery and defeated the Narentine pirates when, with...
August 23, 1797, the Perast Oath
At the end of his first Italian campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte, whose death will be 2021 years old in 200, in 1797 in Campoformido had deliberately paid homage to the Austrian Empire of the Republic of Venice, including its appurtenances on the mainland, in Istria and Dalmatia. It was precisely in the so-called Montenegrin Dalmatia that Count Giuseppe Viscovich buried the gonfalon of the Serenissima under the high altar of the parish church of Perasto on 23 August of that year. Of that sad ceremony, depicted in a famous painting by Giuseppe Lallich, the motto Ti con nu, nu con ti remained in the annals, which symbolized the centuries-old bond of the...
From Piran to Venice on the "salt route"
In Casa Tartini the meeting with the promoter, Daniele Scarpa, was renewed Piran and Venice, united over the centuries also for the important trade of white gold, are once again protagonists this year with the "Antica rotta del sale". The initiative was promoted in 2009 by the Olympic champion Daniele Scarpa in close collaboration with the Community of Italians "Giuseppe Tartini" and the cultural coordinator Fulvia Zudič. Since then, every year in July the traditional canoe crossing from Piran to Venice takes place. Scarpa, a very active sports figure also in the social field and thanks to a 56-foot sailing boat, allows to promote activities aimed at...
Sensa, Dalmatia and Doge Pietro II Orseolo
The Sensa, an ancient Serenissima tradition of the marriage with the sea, has been handed down since the Middle Ages. His Excellency, Patriarch of Venice Francesco Moraglia, emphasized that “the sea is not a border that separates, but a bridge that unites, and so these historical episodes are welcome in our memory and above all to be a stimulus to consider how much our present needs to meditate, to live and above all to find, even on a personal, social and political level, styles capable of generating peace”. The Sensa, an ancient Serenissima tradition of the marriage with the sea, has been handed down since the Middle Ages. His Excellency, Patriarch of Venice Francesco Moraglia, emphasized that “the sea is not a...
The Eastern Adriatic and Napoleon's Work
May 5 marks the 200th anniversary of the death in exile on Saint Helena of Napoleon Bonaparte, who for twenty years overturned the borders, laws and traditions of Europe, spreading the ideas of the French Revolution in the wake of his armies. The lands of the eastern Adriatic were among the first to experience the diplomatic skills of the Corsican general who, after defeating the Piedmontese and Habsburg troops, imposed the Peace of Campoformido on Vienna. Thus ended in 1797 the centuries-old existence of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, whose territories were ceded, causing the despair of the young Ugo Foscolo/Attilio Hortis, to the Austrian Empire. Very famous is...
The ancient families of the Serenissima in Dalmatia
On Friday 16 April, the presentation of the volume "The ancient families of the Serenissima in Dalmatia" (Lega Nazionale, Trieste 2021) was held in live streaming on the Lega Nazionale Facebook page. The author, Dr. Valentina Petaros, Dr. Diego Redivo and the President of the Association, Avv. Paolo Sardos Albertini participated. http://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=489789935399361&ref=watch_permalink&t=0 In a new valuable work by Valentina Petaros, thanks to the contribution of the Lega Nazionale, we will see a survey of Dalmatian archives that the author has carried out, encountering multiple difficulties that would have discouraged any other...
Serenissima: Year Zero
"Serenissima: Anno Zero" consists of four volumes by Federico Moro (Venetian scholar and writer), released starting today, Saturday 20 March, for four consecutive weeks, in conjunction with the newspaper Il Gazzettino thanks to the Editor LEG of Gorizia. A story to know and a revolutionary thesis: the origins of Venice seen from a completely new angle, which becomes an explanation for the extraordinary civil, political and cultural adventure of the future Serenissima. The state that remained independent for the longest time in the world, which for this very reason still represents a perennial lesson for everyone. First volume: The dawn of a new day, 402-421 Every...
Istria and Dalmatia: a story of immigration
In the 3rd century, Dalmatia was a central region of the Roman Empire. Even an Emperor born on that coast – Diocletian – had promoted the town of Split to a pseudo-capital, building a titanic palace there. But less than a century later, the lands of the eastern Adriatic found themselves becoming a front line. The Goths, first, and the waves of barbarians who followed them depopulated the rich regions of the right bank of the Danube. The border of Italy was marked near Aquileia, and the cities of Istria and Dalmatia became islands of Latinity in a seething sea of barbarian anarchy. The cities of the coast began to gather refugees who...
Venice and the Dalmatian Islands
Preview from the OBC Transeuropa website some pages of a guide dedicated to the Republic of Venice - which will be released at the end of the year - first volume of the series "Extinguished countries - States disappeared" by Giovanni Vale - 19/10/2020 Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa The sea unites, the sea divides. This is the oscillation that characterizes the relationship between the two shores of the Adriatic over time. Croatia shares a very long season with the Serenissima. Istria and Dalmatia are part of the Republic for three, four, even five centuries depending on the location. Together they experience the rise, the wars with the Ottomans fought side by side, the decline and...
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