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Territories of the Republic of Venice
- Ionian IslandsThe Ionian Islands stretch across the sea west of mainland Greece, forming a distinct historic region. Seven primary islands dominate this group, though many…
- CreteCrete spans 260 kilometers from west to east but narrows to just half a degree of latitude. A high mountain range crosses the island, forming six distinct…
- PeloponneseThe Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of mainland Greece, covering an area that makes it the southernmost region of the Balkans.
- DubrovnikIn the 7th century, a group of refugees from Epidaurum fled to a rocky island called Lausa. They founded a settlement that would become Dubrovnik.
- Split, CroatiaThe year 305 CE marks the completion of Diocletian's Palace, yet Split existed as a Greek colony named Aspálathos centuries before that stone was laid.
- AvlidaAvlida sits on the mainland, not on the island of Euboea. This geographic fact creates a unique identity for the region within Greece.
- PaduaThe year 1183 BC marks the legendary founding of Padua by Antenor, a Trojan prince who fled the fall of Troy. Ancient tradition claims he led a group of…
- VicenzaThe year 157 BC marked a turning point when the settlement known as Vicetia became a de facto Roman center. Before this date, the area had been home to the…