Calabria is a region in southern Italy formed of a peninsula between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas. The region appears as the toe of Italy’s iconic “boot” shape. It is separated from Silicy by the Strait of Messina.
Corfu, or Kerkyra, is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, northwest of Greece. The Ionian Islands had been under the Venetian rule since the Middle Ages but were occupied by France in 1797.
Genoa is a port city on the northwestern coast of Italy, located on the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea. In 1797, the Genoan Republic became a French protectorate and would later be annexed by France in 1805.
Piedmont-Sardinia refers to the composite state of Piedmont in northern Italy and the island Sardinia, which were united under the rule of the Duke of Savoy in 1720, with Turin as its capital.
Vienna is the capital city of Austria and is located on the Danube river. It became the capital of the Austrian Empire in 1804 and hosted the Congress of Vienna in 1814–1815.
