84th Infantry Regiment "Venezia"

The 84th Infantry Regiment "Venezia" (Italian: 84° Reggimento Fanteria "Venezia") is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Falconara Marittima. The regiment is named for the city of Venice and part of the Italian Army's infantry arm.

The regiment was one of sixteen infantry regiments formed on 1 November 1884. In 1911-12 the regiment participated in the Italo-Turkish War and during World War I the regiment fought on the Italian front. In 1935-36 the regiment participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and in 1939 in the Italian invasion of Albania. During World War II the regiment was assigned to the 19th Infantry Division "Venezia", with which it participated in the Greco-Italian War. Afterwards the division was on occupation duty in Montenegro, where the division was informed of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943. The Venezia division refused German demands to surrender and joined the Yugoslav National Liberation Army instead. From 13 October 1943 the division fought against German forces and in December 1943 its personnel entered the Partisan Division "Garibaldi". For its conduct in Montenegro after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile the regiment was awarded Italy's highest military honor the Gold Medal of Military Valor. In 1958 the regiment was reformed as a training unit, which was reduced to a battalion sized unit in 1973. In 2000 the 84th Battalion "Venezia" was disbanded.