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Location: Alise Ste Reine Bourgogne France

The Treaty of Constantinople, signed in July …

Years: 1832 - 1832
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The Treaty of Constantinople, signed in July 1832, vouchsafes the existence of an independent Greek state by placing it under British, French, and Russian protection, defines its boundaries, and establishes its system of government.

The tiny, foreign-ruled, and utterly dependent Greece that comes into existence is a pale realization of the lofty "New Byzantium" visualized by the eighteenth-century Greek intellectuals.

Nonetheless, for the first time in history the Greek nation exists as a unitary state.