Editing Pula (section)

=== Venetian, Napoleonic and early Habsburg rule ===
The [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] took over Pula in 1331 and would rule the city until 1797. During the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, Pula was attacked and occupied by the Genoese, the Hungarian army and the Habsburgs; several outlying medieval settlements and towns were destroyed. In addition to war, the [[Plague (disease)|plague]], [[malaria]] and [[Typhoid fever|typhoid]] ravaged the city. By the 1750s there were only 3,000 inhabitants left in ancient city, an area now covered with weeds and ivy.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{harvnb|Ivelja-Dalmatin|2009|p=15}}</ref>

With the collapse of the Venetian Republic in 1797 following [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]'s [[Treaty of Campo Formio]], the city became part of the [[Habsburg monarchy]]. It was invaded again in 1805 after the French had defeated the Austrians. It was included in the [[First French Empire|French Empire]] of Napoleon as part of the [[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)|Kingdom of Italy]], then placed directly under the French Empire's [[Illyrian Provinces]].