Venetian possessions in Montenegro and Northern Albania, 1448
• Type
Governorate
History
• Established
1392
• Disestablished
1797
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zeta under the Balšići
Serbian Despotate
Principality of Albania
Kingdom of Dalmatia
Sanjak of Scutari
Today part of
Montenegro Albania
Venetian Albania (Venetian: Albania vèneta, Italian: Albania Veneta, Albanian: Arbëria Venedikase, Serbo-Croatian: Mletačka Albanija, Млетачка Албанија) was the official term for several possessions of the Republic of Venice in the southeastern Adriatic, encompassing coastal territories primarily in present-day southern Montenegro and partially in northern Albania.
Several major territorial changes occurred during the Venetian rule in those regions, starting from 1392,[1] and lasting until 1797. By the end of the 15th century, the main possessions in northern Albania had been lost to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. In spite of that, Venetians did not want to renounce their formal claims to the Albanian coast, and the term Venetian Albania was officially kept in use, designating the remaining Venetian possessions in coastal Montenegro, centred around the Bay of Kotor. During this period the Albanian Piracy was flourishing. Those regions remained under Venetian rule until the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797. By the Treaty of Campo Formio, the region was transferred to the Habsburg monarchy.
parts of southern Montenegro were ruled by the Venetian Republic and incorporated into VenetianAlbania. The name Montenegro was first used to refer to...
where the flag was used as a symbol of the Republic was Perast, in VenetianAlbania, a town faithful to Venice. Perast continued to celebrate its loyalty...
and the Republic of Venice prevented Islamisation in VenetianAlbania. Today, Catholic Albanians are mostly found in the areas of Malesia e Madhe, Kiri...
Sicilian union known as the medieval Kingdom of Albania were established. Some areas became part of the Venetian and later Serbian Empire. Between the mid-14th...
and in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, including VenetianAlbania in the Adriatic Sea and the Venetian Ionian Islands in western Greece. Its possessions...
uspomena na vizantijsku vlast u srpskom Pomorju" [The establishment of "VenetianAlbania" and the memory of Byzantine rule in the Serbian Littoral]. Istorijski...
Islands was established. Meanwhile, in Istria, Dalmatia, and VenetianAlbania, the Venetian magistrates and the local nobles refused to recognize the new...
of Scutari in VenetianAlbania and by July 1448, during the Albanian-Venetian War (1447-1448), he was the provveditore of VenetianAlbania. He played an...
came under the control of Albanian ruler Gjin Bua Shpata of Arta in the 1390s. Vonko, who was also vassal of the Venetians in Fanari, was the governor...
centuries wanted to control Cyprus and Venetian merchants worked on the island beginning in 1000 AD, when the Venetian (commercial and military) expansion...
pro-Venetian Balšići and Crnojevići left the league in the events that led to the Albanian–Venetian War (1447-48). The peace treaty of the Albanian-Venetian...
Ottoman Albania refers to a period in Albanian history from the Ottoman conquest in the late 15th century to the Albanian declaration of Independence...
Dalmatia, with the southern enclave, the Bay of Kotor, being called VenetianAlbania. Venetian was the commercial lingua franca in the Mediterranean at that...
(crown land) First Scutari War Second Scutari War History of Montenegro VenetianAlbania Ćirković 2004, p. 77. Bataković, Dušan T., ed. (2005). Histoire du...
is especially well known for its religious monuments, mostly related to Venetian architecture, including the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon, the basilica of...
the region of central Albania. Under Venetian patronage, on 2 March 1444, Skanderbeg summoned Albanian noblemen in the Venetian-controlled town of Lezhë...
The foreign relations of Albania are its relations with other governments and peoples. Foreign relations are conducted through the Ministry of Foreign...
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