In 1922, the Italian regime of Benito Mussolini declared the village of Susnieviza — which they renamed to Valdarsa after the Arsa Valley (valle d'Arsa) region (it has since reverted to the pre-Italian name but written in Croatian as Šušnjevica) — to be the seat for the Istro-Romanians, with a designated school in the Istro-Romanian language.