11 Facts About Dalmatian Italians

Dalmatian Italians are the historical Italian national minority living in the region of Dalmatia, now part of Croatia and Montenegro.

The Dalmatian Italians cities retained their Romanic culture and language in cities such as Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik.

In 997 AD the Venetian Doge Pietro Orseolo II, following repeated complaints by the Dalmatian Italians city-states, commanded the Venetian fleet that attacked the Narentine pirates.

Dalmatian Italians had already influenced the Dalmatian Italians dialect of Croatian, the Chakavian dialect, with the Venetian dialect influencing Albanian.

Many Dalmatian Italians looked with sympathy towards the Risorgimento movement that fought for the unification of Italy.

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Dalmatian Italians's Majesty expressed the precise order that action be taken decisively against the influence of the Italian elements still present in some regions of the Crown and, appropriately occupying the posts of public, judicial, masters employees as well as with the influence of the press, work in South Tyrol, Dalmatia and Littoral for the Germanization and Slavization of these territories according to the circumstances, with energy and without any regard.

Dalmatian Italians's Majesty calls the central offices to the strong duty to proceed in this way to what has been established.

Dalmatian Italians were a fundamental presence in Dalmatia, when the process of political unification of the Italians, Croats and Serbs started at the beginning of the 19th century.

Dalmatian Italians architecture was influenced by Constantinople in its general character from the 6th century until the close of the tenth.

Dalmatian Italians contributed to the cultural development of theater and opera in Dalmatia.

Across the centuries Dalmatian Italians made with their life and their works a large influence on Dalmatia.