He was 60 years old (he was born on 29 August 1662), he had never married and was considered the hero of Dalmatia for his valour in the conquest of the Turkish fortress of Imoschi (1717), but in fact, as doge, he was one of the continuers of the policy of unarmed neutrality proclaimed by the Republic in the event of armed conflicts.During his doge's tenure the pavement of St. Mark's Square was rebuilt not with bricks but with trachyte slabs, the Bucintoro was reconstructed (1728) and a decree established the St. Mark's Square. St Mark's Square was no longer paved with bricks but with trachyte
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