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Venezia Giulia and the Treaty of Rapallo
The negotiations for the delimitation of the new borders of Italy after the end of the First World War took place in Versailles starting in January 1919. The solution of what was called the "Adriatic Question" was not easy because the expectations of the various Powers present at the Peace Conference were very different. Italy immediately asked for the respect of what was promised by the London Pact and, in addition, also the city of Fiume (which was not included in the Pact), claimed on the basis of the right of self-determination of peoples, as a statistical survey of December 1918 indicated a clear majority of people of Italian nationality....
The border of the Treaty of Rapallo
One hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Italy and the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes defined their internationally recognized border in Rapallo. The Karst Research Center "C. Seppenhofer" of Gorizia has already dedicated a special issue of its online magazine "Above and below the Carso" to the Treaty of Rapallo in April 2020, reconstructing the border route that ran from Monte Forno to Fiume. This issue can be viewed and downloaded for free in PDF format at this...
The Treaty of Rapallo and the Ethnic Cleansing of the Italians of Dalmatia
One hundred years after the signing of the Treaty of Rapallo, the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles wishes to remember this date as the initial phase of a process that led to the definitive erasure of Italians from Dalmatia. The Day of Remembrance does not stop on February 10th, therefore Federesuli, one hundred years after the hasty agreement between the Kingdom of Italy and the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) wishes to remember the date of the beginning of the erasure of Italians from Dalmatia. That fragile microcosm where, starting from the fall of the Roman Empire, passing through Saint Jerome and the two Dalmatian popes Saint...
One hundred years after the Treaty of Rapallo CANCELLED
‼️IMPORTANT‼️ We hereby inform you that the conference “One hundred years after the signing of the Treaty of Rapallo. A response to the problem of Italy’s eastern borders”, scheduled for October 22, 2020, has been CANCELLED and postponed to a date to be determined, following the issuance of the Prime Ministerial Decree of October 18, 2020. The hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rapallo offers a new opportunity to reflect on the genesis of that agreement, signed on November 12, 1920 by the Kingdom of Italy, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on the other, to establish the delimitation of the borders between the two countries. After the collapse of the Empire...
The forgotten exodus of Dalmatians after the Great War
The National Dalmatian Association has reprinted the documentary that illustrates the fate of our fellow countrymen after the Treaty of Rapallo Thanks to the generous contribution of the Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale, the National Dalmatian Association has been able to reprint the DVD “1921 The ignored exodus. The drama of the Italians of Dalmatia”, which appeared in its first edition a dozen years ago. This documentary is enriched by geographical maps, vintage postcards and above all images from the archive of Manlio Cace, who lived the days of the exciting arrival of Italy on 6 November 1918 in Sebenico and the consequent disappointment of the cession...
D'Annunzio's Bloody Christmas in Fiume
Gabriele d'Annunzio's march from Ronchi to Fiume on 12 September 1919 was intended to resolve with a bold coup the impasse regarding the definition of the border between Italy and the newly born Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The annexation of the port of Carnaro to Italy was not contemplated by the London Pact, but was proclaimed by the Fiume National Council on 30 October 1918, appealing to the principle of self-determination of peoples that was part of that 14-point program intended to guarantee peace in the world and on the basis of which President Woodrow Wilson had dragged the United States into the First World War. The redefinition of the border in Dalmatia...
