Sette Comuni

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Aeral view

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Flag of the Sette Comuni

The (Template:Langx, Template:Langx) are seven that formed a Cimbrian enclave in the Veneto region of north-east Italy. The area is also known as the or Asiago Plateau, and it was the site of a major battle between Austrian and Italian forces on the Alpine Front of World War I. The most important is that of Asiago, for which Asiago cheese is named. Cimbrian, a variety of Upper German, was the native language, and the area was ethnically and culturally distinct from the surrounding comuni. The Sette Comuni are located in mountainous territory, ranging from 500 to 2300 metres above sea level.

Comuni

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Location of the Sette Comuni in the Province of Vicenza.

	Cimbrian	German	Inhabitants	Altitude (m)	Notes
			6533	1001
			1927	800
			731	1083
			2331	1093
			2833	752
		or	4245	994
			620	938
			2252	830	the "eighth comune", a of Lusiana until 1796

• Altopiano of the Sette Comuni
  Altopiano of the Sette Comuni
• Coats of arms of the Script error: No such module "Lang". on the municipal hall of Script error: No such module "Lang"..
  Coats of arms of the on the municipal hall of .
• Map of Sette Comuni and Val d'Astico
  Map of Sette Comuni and Val d'Astico

History

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The plateau of the Sette comuni in a map of Giandomenico Dall'acqua of the Territory of Vicenza, 17th century

The seven comuni formed into a loose commonwealth in 1310. They were historically under the suzerainty of the Milanese House of Visconti and then under the Republic of Venice. Under both they enjoyed wide cultural and political autonomy in exchange for their loyalty. This autonomous status came to an end with the Napoleonic Wars and the demise of the Serenìsima in 1807.

World War I

During the First World War the territory was located along the border between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Many battles took place here between 1915 and 1918 (the most important one was the battle of Asiago). Almost all the towns were completely destroyed by the war.

• Asiago destroyed during World War I
  Asiago destroyed during World War I
• Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the woods of the Sette Comuni (Mount Zebio)
  Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the woods of the Sette Comuni (Mount Zebio)

Cimbrian

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Map of north-east Italy showing where Cimbrian is spoken

Cimbrian has gone extinct in most of the comuni. Only in and its district of (, ) has Cimbrian survived.

is home to the Agustin Prunner Cultural Institute, which is a repository of the Cimbrian culture and cooperates with other linguistic enclaves in , , Sappada, Sauris, the Thirteen Communities and Timau. Vestiges of the language are found in family and place names, which are mostly still Cimbrian.

See also

• Calà del Sasso

External links

• Asiago Turismo

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