Which Greek islands were Italian?

In 1912, Italy seized Rhodes and the Dodecanese Islands from the Turks. Due to the Treaty of Lausanne, the island, together with the Dodecanese, was officially assigned to Italy. It became the core of their possession of the “Isole Italiane dell'Egeo”.



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From the 15th century, Corfu was under Venetian rule for some four centuries, then passing to French, British and Greek governments. At various occasions, it had to defend the Venetian maritime empire against the Ottoman army.

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And on especially clear days, they say it's possible to see Italy, despite it being around 130km away.

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Corfiot Italians were mainly concentrated in the city of Corfu, which was called Città di Corfu by the Venetians. More than half of the population of Corfu city in the 18th century spoke the Venetian language.

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