The Venetian Republic, once a grand, glorious and prosperoustrading state that lasted a thousand years until it fell to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1797, could make a comeback if a pro-independence movement in northeastern Italy has any say.
Indipendenza Veneta is a political organization that seeks to create an independent homeland that would include Venice, the region of Veneto and parts of Lombardy, Trentino and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (essentially the territory comprising the old Republic of Venice).
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