Messina uprising

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The Messina uprising took place from July 1674 to April 1678. The Senate of Messina allied itself with France against the Spanish domination, from which Messina wanted to make itself independent.

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In place of the statue was originally the Senator's Palace, where the decision was made to ally with France against Spain

Messina - a flourishing port city on the Strait of Messina - received a senate with Alfonso V in the 14th century and thus became a de facto city-state with an oligarchic republic similar to the Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Venice . Messina wanted to make itself independent from Spanish supremacy, to become a colonial power and one of the great maritime republics of Italy. To this end, Messina allied itself with the King of France , Louis XIV.

He accepted and in 1675 sent the Duke of Mortemart and Vivonne Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart , who reached the city in February 1675. The rebels called themselves Malvizzi , the neighboring towns that had remained loyal to the Spanish crown were called Merli . This had to be conquered.

As part of the fighting, the Spanish fleet was defeated for the first time at the sea ​​battle near Stromboli . A year later, the port city of Augusta was captured in the naval battle of Augusta and in 1676, under Abraham Duquesne, the Spanish-Dutch fleet was defeated in the naval battle of Palermo , eliminating the rival city of Palermo .

Various cities in the province of Messina were also conquered by the Franco-Messinese fleet: Forza d'Agrò remained loyal to the Spanish crown and was therefore occupied by the Franco-Messinese fleet in 1676. Taormina was captured on September 10, 1676. Fiumedinisi , Alì and Scaletta were taken after the fall of Taormina. Savoca surrendered in a surrender on November 3, 1676.

The peace treaties of Nijmegen (1678) , which were favorable for the French king, ended the alliance between the French king and the Senate of Messina. After the unsuccessful uprising against Spanish domination 1674–1678, Messina's situation deteriorated noticeably. The Senatorial Palace of Calamech on Cathedral Square was demolished. The statue of Charles II (Spain) was erected on the site of the demolished Senatorial Palace . The Loggia dei Mercanti built by Del Duca on the Palazzata then served the senators as a new conference venue.

  • Messina, portrayed by F. Juv'arra

  • Messina drawn by Juvarra

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Albert Lynn: The French wars: 1667-1714: the Sun King at war. Oxford, 2002, p. 45.

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