Dalmatia is a historical region located in modern-day Croatia and Montenegro, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It is a narrow land belt stretching from the island of Rab in the north to the B
Palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, Split
Oton Iveković, The Croats' Arrival at the Adriatic Sea
Venetian Dalmatia in c. 1250
The Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1806 to 1810 included Dalmatia that had belonged to Venice until 1797.
The Kingdom of Dalmatia was a crown land of the Austrian Empire and the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary. It encompassed the entirety of the region of Dalmatia, with its capital at Zadar.
Marshal Auguste de Marmont, military commander of Dalmatia during French rule (1806–1813)
Franjo Tomašić, the first governor of the Kingdom of Dalmatia
The city gates to Zadar features the Lion of Saint Mark of the Republic of Venice. Zadar was the capital of the Kingdom of Dalmatia