Republic of San Marco

Republic of San Marco
Repubblica di San Marco (Italian)
Repùblega Vèneta (Venetian)
1848–1849
Coat of arms of San Marco
Coat of arms
Motto: Viva San Marco! (Italian)
"Long Live St Mark!"
Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani
The Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. The Republic of San Marco was situated in Venetia.
The Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.
The Republic of San Marco was situated in Venetia.
CapitalVenice
Common languagesVenetian, Italian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentRepublic
President 
Historical eraRevolutions of 1848

17 October 1797
• Insurrection against Habsburg rule

17 March 1848
22 March 1848
• Joined by cities of Venetia

March – April 1848
• Joined Piedmont-Sardinia

5–13 August 1848
23 March 1849
• Manin negotiates surrender to Austria

27 August 1849
• Austria cedes Venetia to Italy (via France)
12 October 1866
CurrencyVenetian lira
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Austrian Empire
See also: Republic of Venice (697–1797)

The Republic of San Marco (Italian: Repubblica di San Marco) or the Venetian Republic (Venetian: Repùblega Vèneta) was an Italian revolutionary state which existed for 17 months in 1848–1849. Based on the Venetian Lagoon, it extended into most of Venetia, or the Terraferma territory of the Republic of Venice, suppressed 51 years earlier in the French Revolutionary Wars. After declaring independence from the Habsburg Austrian Empire, the republic later joined the Kingdom of Sardinia in an attempt, led by the latter, to unite northern Italy against foreign (mainly Austrian but also French) domination. But the First Italian War of Independence ended in the defeat of Sardinia, and Austrian forces reconquered the Republic of San Marco on 28 August 1849 following a long siege.