Republic of San Marco

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The Republic of San Marco was a short-lived revolutionary state established in Venice in 1848 that sought independence from Austrian rule during the Italian unification movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
revolutionary state
short-lived state
aimedTo establish independent Venetian state
expel Austrian forces from Venice
alliedWith Italian patriots
Kingdom of Sardinia
capital Venice
conflict First Italian War of Independence
country Venice
dissolvedIn 1849
endTime 1849
establishedDuring Revolutions of 1848
linked to: 1848 revolutions
flagUsed Flag of the Republic of San Marco
governmentType republic
hasType secessionist state
heritageClaim continuation of Venetian republican tradition
historicalContext collapse of Metternich system
historicalPredecessor Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Republic of Venice
historicalRegion Lombardy–Venetia
historicalSuccessor Austrian Empire
ideology liberal nationalism
republicanism
language Italian
locatedIn Europe
Italian Peninsula
Veneto
movement Italian nationalism
Risorgimento
namedAfter Saint Mark the Evangelist
linked to: Saint Mark
namedFor historic Republic of Venice
opposedPoliticalEntity Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia under Austrian rule
opposedTo Austrian Empire
Austrian rule in Lombardy–Venetia
partOf Italian unification
Revolutions of 1848
linked to: 1848 revolutions
reasonForEnd Austrian military reconquest
significance symbol of Venetian participation in Italian unification
soughtIndependenceFrom Austrian Empire
startTime 1848
status defunct
symbol Lion of Saint Mark
linked to: lion of Saint Mark
territoryIncluded Venetian lagoon
linked to: Venetian Lagoon

city of Venice
linked to: Venice
timePeriod 19th century

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First Italian War of Independence involvedEntity Republic of San Marco
Venetian uprising of March 1848 countryInvolved Republic of San Marco
Venetian uprising of March 1848 result establishment of the Republic of San Marco
linked to: Republic of San Marco