The Fontego (Fondaco in Italian) has the nickname "of the Germans" to encompass all merchants from the Nordic countries.

In the city, the civic numbering is unique for each district, with some exceptions for the larger areas in the islands not connected by bridges, and reaches four-digit numbers, up to almost 7000 in Castello.

In the city, the civic numbering is unique for each district, with some exceptions for the larger areas in the islands not connected by bridges, and reaches four-digit numbers, up to almost 7000 in Castello.

An ancient and illustrious family of uncertain origin, according to tradition originating from Milan although for some they came from Aquileia, in either case they would have settled in Venice from Musestre on the Venetian mainland around the year

The importance of this family was widely described by the Paduan Giacomo Zabarella in his writing "The magnificent, that is, the masked virtue where all the sublime grandeurs of the Serenissima Republic of Venice and of the noble house of Zani are

A patrician family originally from Rome that did not have the good fortune to elect any doge, but can count primary ecclesiastical personalities among its descendants.

According to the text of F. Schroder, one of the most ancient Venetian families coming from Rome in the middle of the eighth century, and having come from Torcello, then moved to Rialto during the doge of Angelo Partecipazio.

Noble family probably originating from Catalonia (Girona); in 1400 he moved to France, to Avignon (some attribute the origin of the family to this city), then passed to Italy, first in Florence and then in Venice.

Among the most ancient noble families of Venice, she fled from Rome due to the invasion of the Goths, taking refuge in the lagoons in the fifth century, with many riches.

The Jacur family, a wealthy Paduan Jewish banker family, revolutionized the town planning of the city of Salzano and introduced an industrial activity of considerable importance for the population: the spinning mill.

Family from the village of Rezzonico, now the municipality of San Siro, in the province of Como and located on the lake of the same name. The genealogical branch separated around 1550 from the noble Della Torre di Rezzonico.

For Venetians, they are simply 'the gardens', because although there are many gardens and green areas in the city centre and islands, these are the gardens by definition.