Why weren't Venice and Genoa restored?

[Shtudmuffin]

So, like it says in the tin-why weren't the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa restored in the Congress of Vienna after the Napoleonic wars were finished?

 

[Emperor Constantine]

So, like it says in the tin-why weren't the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa restored in the Congress of Vienna after the Napoleonic wars were finished?

There was no reason. It was better for Austria and Sardinia-Piedmont it keep those territories and key ports. Why would the Great powers want to restore potential rivals?

 

[Faeelin]

In the case of Genoa, it was because the Allies wanted to create a series of medium powers to act as buffers against future French expansion. Venice was compensation to Austria for territorial arrangements elsewhere (notably, the loss of Belgium).

 

[Remicas]

Cause there were republics. The members of the Coalition didn't like republics. You forgot the wars was caused by a Republic, and they like to be monarchs.

 

[wolf_brother]

The Congress was more about divvying up the spoils of war than it was any restoration of a supposed balance of power.

 

[Rich Rostrom]

So, like it says in the tin-why weren't the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa restored in the Congress of Vienna after the Napoleonic wars were finished?

Both were moribund states surviving by pure inertia. Once they were gone, no one particularly wanted to bring them back, and that included their own citizens. And there were other states that wanted the territory.

 

[Herzen's love-child]

Both were moribund states surviving by pure inertia. Once they were gone, no one particularly wanted to bring them back, and that included their own citizens. And there were other states that wanted the territory.

Many Venetians wanted to restore the Republic in the 1848 Revolution. They made a good go at it, throwing the Austrians out and withstanding a siege for several months.

 

[Emperor Constantine]

Many Venetians wanted to restore the Republic in the 1848 Revolution. They made a good go at it, throwing the Austrians out and withstanding a siege for several months.

But that was after 34 years of Austrian rule. In 1814-1815, no one wanted to revive the merchant republics. And Austria had to be compensated for giving up the claim to the Austrian Netherlands in favor of the new United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

 

[Monty Burns]

But that was after 34 years of Austrian rule. In 1814-1815, no one wanted to revive the merchant republics. And Austria had to be compensated for giving up the claim to the Austrian Netherlands in favor of the new United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Yes. I think "medium buffer state needed against France and compensation needed for Austria while two unneccessary/half-dead republics around to divide" sums it up.