Republic of San Marco

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Republic of San Marco Repubblica di San Marco (Italian) Repùblega Vèneta (Venetian)
1848–1849
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Viva San Marco! (Italian) "Long Live St Mark!"
Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani
The Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. The Republic of San Marco was situated in Venetia.
Capital	Venice
Common languages	Venetian, Italian
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Republic
President
Historical era	Revolutions of 1848
• Napoleon cedes Venice to Habsburg Austria	17 October 1797
• Insurrection against Habsburg rule	17 March 1848
• Independence declared	22 March 1848
• Joined by cities of Venetia	March – April 1848
• Joined Piedmont-Sardinia	5–13 August 1848
• Battle of Novara	23 March 1849
• Manin negotiates surrender to Austria	27 August 1849
• Austria cedes Venetia to Italy (via France)	12 October 1866
Currency	Venetian lira
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Austrian Empire Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Austrian Empire
See also: Republic of Venice (697–1797)

The Republic of San Marco (Italian: Repubblica di San Marco) or the Venetian Republic (Venetian: Repùblega Vèneta) was an Italian revolutionary state which existed for 17 months in 1848–1849. Based on the Venetian Lagoon, it extended into most of Venetia, or the Terraferma territory of the Republic of Venice, suppressed 51 years earlier in the French Revolutionary Wars. After declaring independence from the Habsburg Austrian Empire, the republic later joined the Kingdom of Sardinia in an attempt, led by the latter, to unite northern Italy against foreign (mainly Austrian but also French) domination. But the First Italian War of Independence ended in the defeat of Sardinia, and Austrian forces reconquered the Republic of San Marco on 28 August 1849 following a long siege.