Francesco Salata

Francesco Salata
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy
In office
4 December 1920 – 5 August 1943
Ambassador of Italy to Austria
In office
7 August 1936 – 27 October 1937
Personal details
Born(1876-09-17)17 September 1876
Ossero, Austria-Hungary
Died10 March 1944(1944-03-10) (aged 67)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
NationalityItalian
SpouseIlda Mizzan
Children1
Awards

Francesco Salata (17 September 1876 – 10 March 1944) was a Dalmatian Italian senator, politician, journalist, historian and writer. Salata was an irredentist, although he had a more legalistic approach than other contemporaries, as well as being more liberal.[1][2] He was panned and attacked by the fascists, although, after they took power, he was employed by the fascist government, and wrote books apologizing for the fascist politics.[1] Very fond of his native Istria, Salata opposed what he saw as the slavicisation carried out by Croatian priests in Istria, the Kvarner and Dalmatia. He accused the Slovenian and Croatian clergy of carrying out the slavicisation of Istria and the Kvarner. Salata upheld the idea that Dalmatia, Istria and the Kvarner were, historically, Italian lands.[1]

Among his best-known works are Guglielmo Oberdan secondo gli atti segreti del processo: carteggi diplomatici e altri documenti inediti (1924), republished in a reduced version as Oberdan in 1932, Il patto Mussolini: storia di un piano politico e di un negoziato diplomatico (1933), and Il nodo di Gibuti: storia diplomatica su documenti inediti (1939).

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  2. ^ Scottà, Antonio (1 January 2003). La Conferenza di pace di Parigi fra ieri e domani (1919–1920): atti del Convegno Internazionale di studi, Portogruaro-Bibione, 31 maggio-4 giugno 2000. Rubbettino Editore. ISBN 978-88-498-0248-1. Retrieved 24 May 2016.