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出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/03 09:36 UTC 版)
Veneto (pronounced [ˈvɛːneto], Latin: Venetia, Venetian: Vèneto), is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy. Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, known as the Venetian Republic, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after a brief Austrian and French rule. Its capital was, and still is, Venice, which ruled for centuries one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world. Due to this rich cultural legacy, a significant number of Venetians consider themselves to have a unique identity which they refuse to subsume within the notion of "Italian", and the regional government has gone so far as to officially define its inhabitants as "a people". This opened the way to a notable nationalist movement and to the election of a "Venetian nationalist", Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta–Lega Nord), as president of the Region.