Editing Istria (section)

===Napoleonic era (1805–1814)===
[[File:1807KingdomItaly.jpg|thumb|The [[Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy]] from 1806 to 1810 included Istria that had belonged to Venice until 1797]]
The French victory of 1809 compelled Austria to cede a portion of its South Slav lands to France. Napoleon combined Istira, [[Carniola]], western [[Carinthia]], Gorica ([[Gorizia]]), [[Trieste]] and parts of Croatia, Dalmatia, and Dubrovnik to form the [[Illyrian Provinces]].<ref name="Illyrian">{{Cite web |title=Illyrian Provinces {{!}} historical region, Europe {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Illyrian-Provinces |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> The Code Napoléon was introduced, and roads and schools were constructed. Local citizens were given administrative posts, and native languages were used to conduct official business.<ref name="Illyrian" /> This sparked the [[Illyrian movement|Illyrian Movement]] for the cultural and linguistic unification of South Slavic lands.<ref name="Illyrian" /> From the Middle Ages to the 19th century, Italian and Slavic communities in Istria had lived peacefully side by side because they did not know the national identification, given that they generically defined themselves as "[[Istrian identity|Istrians]]" of "Romance" or "Slavic" culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xoomer.alice.it/histria/storiaecultura/testiedocumenti/articoligiornali/artadriatico.htm |title="L'Adriatico orientale e la sterile ricerca delle nazionalità delle persone" di Kristijan Knez; La Voce del Popolo (quotidiano di Fiume) del 2/10/2002 |access-date=25 April 2024 |language=it |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222025553/https://xoom.virgilio.it/jump.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>