Mainland domains Domini de Teraferma (vec) |
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Domain of the Republic of Venice | |||||
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Venice's Mediterranean possessions, Terraferma in light orange | |||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||
• | Acquisition of mainland territories | early 15th century 1433 | |||
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Ludovico Trevisan surrenders Patriarchate of Aquileia |
1445 |
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• | Battle of Maclodio | 11 October 1427 | |||
• | Treaty of Lodi | 9 April 1454 | |||
• | Treaty of Bagnolo | 7 August 1484 | |||
• | War of the League of Cambrai | 1508–16 1797 | |||
• | Treaty of Campo Formio | 17 October 1797 |
The Domini di Terraferma (Venetian: domini de teraferma or stato da tera, literally "mainland domains" or "mainland state") was the name given to the hinterland territories of the Republic of Venice beyond the Adriatic coast in Northeast Italy. They were one of the three subdivisions of the Republic's possessions, the other two being the original Dogado ("Duchy") and the Stato da Màr ("Sea State") oversea territories.
At its greatest extent, it included the present-day Italian regions of Veneto, Western and Central Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the eastern parts of Lombardy (i.e. the present-day Bergamo and Brescia provinces) up to the Adda River, where it bordered on the Imperial Duchy of Milan.
In the south the lower Po River (Polesine) formed the border with the Papal States. The Terraferma comprised the western and central parts of the historic Friuli region, except for the easternmost part along the Isonzo River, which was held by the Imperial Counts of Görz. In the north, the Carnic and Julian Alps marked the border with the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia and Carniola.