He seems to have belonged to the House of Badoer (from Baduario, meaning Byzantine patrician, son of Constantinople), one of the Apostolic families. He was therefore not related to previous doges of the same surname, neither to the eponymous Orso…
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He had been the main instigator of the uprising that led to the deposition of his predecessor Domenico Selvo (1071-1084). In 1084 he rebuilt a church built in the year 700 and dedicated it to St. Vitale, in Venetian Church of St. Vidal, located at…
The Palazzetto Bru Zane was built in 1695 at the behest of Marino Zane a few meters from the family residence, Palazzo Zane; this manor house was renovated by Baldassare Longhena in 1665 on the decision of Domenico Zane. Marino Zane, Domenico's…
