Morlachia

Morlachia was located in modern-day Croatia between Istria and Dalmatia,[1] being opposite to the island of Krk.

[3] In old topography, the toponym Morlachia was given great importance on maps, sometimes being placed at the same "level" or at a superior one than regions such as Bosnia or Croatia.

This can be explained by the important geographical position Morlachia had, being located between the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice and the Habsburg monarchy and its realms from the 16th to the 19th century.

[4] Alberto Fortis's 1774 travel book Viaggio in Dalmazia ("Journey to Dalmatia") described Morlachia and the Morlachs, who as he stated, called themselves "Vlachs".

One example was the Istrian Morlachia (Italian: Morlacchia istriana), a name given to a region of Istria formerly populated by Morlachs during the 16th century as a consequence of a colonization program by the Republic of Venice.