Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands
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Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands
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The Ionian Islands were an overseas possession of the Republic of Venice from the mid-14th century until the late 18th century. The conquest of the islands took place gradually. The first to be acquired was Cythera and the neighboring islet of Anticythera, indirectly in 1238 and directly after 1363. In 1386 the Council of Corfu, which was the governing body of the island, voted to make Corfu a vassal of Venice. During the Venetian period the Council remained the most powerful institution on the
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Former overseas possession of the Republic of Venice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands
date created:
2011-08-10T17:38:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T16:44:13Z
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