Napoleon's biographer, Felix Markham, wrote "the partition of Venice was not only a moral blot on the peace settlement but left Austria a foothold in Italy, which could only lead to further war."
Napoleons levnedsbeskriver, Felix Markham, skrev at "delingen af Venedig var ikke blot en moralsk plet på fredsaftalen, men gav Østrig et fodfæste i Italien, som kun kunne føre til en ny krig."