Anconine Republic

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Anconine Republic
Repubblica Anconitana (Italian)
1797–1798
Flag of the Repubblica Anconitana.svg
Ancona in Italy.svg
Map of Province of Ancona within modern Italy
Capital Ancona
Common languages Italian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Government Revolutionary republic
Consul 
Historical era French Revolutionary Wars
 Proclaimed
17 November 1797
 Disestablished
7 March 1798
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of the Papal States (pre 1808).svg Papal States
Roman Republic (1798–1799) Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg
Today part of Italy

The Anconine Republic (Italian : Repubblica Anconitana) was a revolutionary municipality formed on 19 November 1797. It came about after a French victory at Ancona in February 1797, and the consequent occupation of the city. [1] It existed in the region of Marche, with Ancona serving as its capital. Despite the Treaty of Campo Formio stating that Ancona and the surrounding region had to be returned to the Papal States, the municipality proclaimed the decadence of papal rule, under French protection. The subsequent tension led to general conflict with Pope Pius VI and the French occupation of the whole of the Papal States. Ancona was incorporated into the Roman Republic on 7 March 1798. It had a consul as its head.

Ancona is now a province of Italy, in the central part of the country on the Adriatic Sea.

References

  1. Philip's Atlas of World History