Repubblica Corsa(Italian) Ripublica Corsa(Corsican)
1755–1769
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: Amici e non di ventura (English: Friends, and not by mere accident)
Anthem:Dio vi salvi Regina ("God save you Queen")
Corsica in 1757
Status
Unrecognized state
Capital
Corte
Official languages
Italian
Common languages
Corsican
Government
Modified parliamentary constitutional republic
under an anocracy (from 1762)
General
• 1755–1769
Pasquale Paoli
Legislature
General Diet
Historical era
Age of Enlightenment
• Independence declared
July 1755
• Constitution
18 November 1755
• Genoa de jure cedes Corsica to France
15 May 1768
• Battle of Borgo
8–9 October 1768
• Conquered
9 May 1769
Currency
Soldo
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Republic of Genoa
Kingdom of France
Today part of
France ∟ Corsica
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The Corsican Republic (Italian: Repubblica Corsa) was a short-lived state on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. It was proclaimed in July 1755 by Pasquale Paoli, who was seeking independence from the Republic of Genoa. Paoli created the Corsican Constitution, which was the first constitution written in the Italian language. The text included various Enlightenment principles, including female suffrage,[1] later revoked by the Kingdom of France when the island was taken over in 1769. The republic created an administration and justice system, and founded an army.
^Lucien Felli, "La renaissance du Paolisme". M. Bartoli, Pasquale Paoli, père de la patrie corse, Albatros, 1974, p. 29. "Il est un point où le caractère précurseur des institutions paolines est particulièrement accusé, c'est celui du suffrage en ce qu'il était entendu de manière très large. Il prévoyait en effet le vote des femmes qui, à l'époque, ne votaient pas en France."
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