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These battles belong to a centuries-long struggle for the control of the Adriatic eastern coast between Slavs (mainly Croats and [[Slovenia|Slovenians]]) and Italians. This struggle hugely increased during the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire, when the Italian irredentism and the Slavic nationalism at the end of the XIX century created a bloody confrontation in the Adriatic area.
These battles belong to a centuries-long struggle for the control of the Adriatic eastern coast between Slavs (mainly Croats and [[Slovenia|Slovenians]]) and Italians. This struggle hugely increased during the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire, when the Italian irredentism and the Slavic nationalism at the end of the XIX century created a bloody confrontation in the Adriatic area.
Indeed, during the second half of the XIX century in Split there was a continuing struggle between the Autonomist Party (Dalmatia) pro-Italians and the People's Party (Dalmatia) pro-Slavs. The last Italian major was '''Antonio Bajamonti'''. The city from 1882 had experienced a process of [[Croatisation]]. Bajamonti, the most prominent [[Dalmatian Italians|Dalmatian Italian]] in history, once remarked:
Indeed, during the second half of the XIX century in Split there was a continuing struggle between the Autonomist Party (Dalmatia) pro-Italians and the Narodnjaci (People's Party-Dalmatia) pro-Slavs. The last Italian major was '''Antonio Bajamonti'''. The city from 1882 had experienced a process of [[Croatisation]]. Bajamonti, the most prominent [[Dalmatian Italians|Dalmatian Italian]] in history, once remarked:
{{Cquote|''No joy, only pain and tears, is brought by being a part of the Italian Party in Dalmatia. We, the Italians of Dalmatia, retain a single right to suffer.''<ref>A.Bajamonti, ''Discorso inaugurale della Società Politica dalmata'', Spalato 1886</ref>}}
{{Cquote|''No joy, only pain and tears, is brought by being a part of the Italian Party in Dalmatia. We, the Italians of Dalmatia, retain a single right to suffer.''<ref>A.Bajamonti, ''Discorso inaugurale della Società Politica dalmata'', Spalato 1886</ref>}}
[[World War I]] and the related Italian victory, not welcomed by the Slavs, were the events preceding the incidents of Split.
[[World War I]] and the related Italian victory, not welcomed by the Slavs, were the events preceding the incidents of Split.
=====Narodnjaci=====
=====Narodnjaci=====
*The National Party (Narodnjaci) from the Kingdom of Dalmatia (Austro-Hungarian Empire). In the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century this National Party stated:
*The National Party (People's Party-Narodnjaci) from the Kingdom of Dalmatia (Austro-Hungarian Empire). In the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century this National Party stated:
{{Cquote|''According to Costant (Kosta) Vojnovic, one of the principal Dalmatian Slavophile intellectuals, Dalmatia was part of the 'Slav-Hellenic' peninsula and was populated exclusively by the ' Slav race'; there were no Italians in Dalmatia, and so it was necessary to 'nationalize' the schools, the administration, and the courts in order to erase the traces left by Venetian rule and damage it caused. The Italian culture could survive only within the limits of Slav national character of the country and, in any case, without any recognition as a autochthonus element of Dalmatian society.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kMXURN7sxh4C&pg=PA65&dq=The+Italians+of+Dalmatia+autochthonous+element+of+dalmatian+society&hl=en&ei=56efTe3kBJTKcaas0fAB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Italians%20of%20Dalmatia%20autochthonous%20element%20of%20dalmatian%20society&f=false The Italians of Dalmatia:] From Italian Unification to World War I by Luciano Monzali (p65)</ref>}}
{{Cquote|''According to Costant (Kosta) Vojnovic, one of the principal Dalmatian Slavophile intellectuals, Dalmatia was part of the 'Slav-Hellenic' peninsula and was populated exclusively by the ' Slav race'; there were no Italians in Dalmatia, and so it was necessary to 'nationalize' the schools, the administration, and the courts in order to erase the traces left by Venetian rule and damage it caused. The Italian culture could survive only within the limits of Slav national character of the country and, in any case, without any recognition as a autochthonus element of Dalmatian society.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kMXURN7sxh4C&pg=PA65&dq=The+Italians+of+Dalmatia+autochthonous+element+of+dalmatian+society&hl=en&ei=56efTe3kBJTKcaas0fAB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Italians%20of%20Dalmatia%20autochthonous%20element%20of%20dalmatian%20society&f=false The Italians of Dalmatia:] From Italian Unification to World War I by Luciano Monzali (p65)</ref>}}
[[File:250px-Location Austria Hungary 1914.png|thumb|right||275px|Split was part of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire]]
[[File:250px-Location Austria Hungary 1914.png|thumb|right||275px|Split was part of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire]]
==Italians of Split==
==Italians of Split==