A report on Veneto, Verona, Vicenza and Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Verona (, ; Verona or Veròna) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.
- VeronaIt is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione River.
- VicenzaThe region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona.
- VenetoIt covered Savoy and the modern provinces of Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino, South Tyrol, and Marche.
- Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)On his death the old oligarchic republic political structure was restored – a consiglio maggiore ("grand council") of four hundred members and a consiglio minore ("small council") of forty members – and it formed a league with Padua, Treviso and Verona.
- VicenzaAfter the Fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797, under Napoleonic rule, it was made a duché grand-fief (not a grand duchy, but a hereditary (extinguished in 1896), nominal duchy, a rare honor reserved for French officials) within Napoleon's personal Kingdom of Italy for general Caulaincourt, also imperial Grand-Écuyer.
- VicenzaIn 1164 Verona joined with Vicenza, Padua and Treviso to create the Veronese League, which was integrated with the Lombard League in 1167 to battle against Frederick I Barbarossa.
- VeronaEste, Padua, Oderzo, Adria, Vicenza, Verona, and Altino became centres of Venetic culture.
- VenetoIt was taken from Austria by the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 and became part of Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy, but was returned to Austria following Napoleon's defeat in 1814, when it became part of the Austrian-held Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.
- VeronaDepartment of Adige (capital Verona)
- Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)Department of Bacchiglinoe (capital Vicenza)
- Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)Then in 1805–1806, it was conquered by Napoleon's armies and included in the Kingdom of Italy.
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Padua
1 linksPadua (Padova ; Pàdova) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy.
Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40 km west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza.
In 1387 John Hawkwood won the Battle of Castagnaro for Padua, against Giovanni Ordelaffi, for Verona.
In 1806 the city passed to the French puppet Kingdom of Italy until the fall of Napoleon, in 1814, when the city became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, part of the Austrian Empire.
Venice
1 linksVenice (Venezia ; Venesia or Venexia ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
By the standards of the time, Venice's stewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as Bergamo, Brescia, and Verona rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
Venice was taken from Austria by the Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 and became part of Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy.
Today, Venice is a major fashion and shopping centre; not as important as Milan, Florence, and Rome, but on a par with Verona, Turin, Vicenza, Naples, and Genoa.