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Mer-Égée
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Mer-Égée (; French for "Aegean Sea") was one of three short-lived French departments of Greece. It came into existence after Napoleon's conquest in 1797 of the Republic of Venice, when Venetian Greek possessions such as the Ionian Islands fell to the French Directory.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of France
- Named after
- Aegean Sea
- Official name
- Mer-Égée
- Country
- French First Republic
- Capital
- Zakynthos
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- inception
- 1797-11-07
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1798-10-25
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