6-553: Seven Communities may refer to: Sette Comuni , seven Cimbrian comuni in Veneto, north-east Italy Siebengemeinden , seven former Jewish communities in Eisenstadt, Austria [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-582: A Cimbrian enclave in the Veneto region of north-east Italy. The area is also known as the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni 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 comune is that of Asiago , for which Asiago cheese is named. Cimbrian , a dialect of Upper German , was the native tongue, and
18-722: The Napoleonic Wars and the demise of the Serenìsima in 1807. 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. Cimbrian has gone extinct in most of
24-617: 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. 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
30-822: The comuni. Only in Robàan and its district of Mittebald/Toballe ( Mittewald , Mezzaselva ) has Cimbrian survived. Robàan is home to the Agustin Prunner Cultural Institute, which is a repository of the Cimbrian culture and cooperates with other linguistic enclaves in Lusern , Fersental , Sappada, Sauris, the Thirteen Communities and Timau. Vestiges of the language are found in family and place names, which are mostly still Cimbrian. This Italian location article
36-501: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seven_Communities&oldid=1045792556 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sette Comuni The Sette Comuni ( Cimbrian : Siben Komoin , German : Sieben Gemeinden ) are seven comuni that formed
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