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He was 60 years old when he came to office (born August 29, 1662), had never been married and was considered the hero of Dalmatia for his courage in the conquest of the Turkish fortress of Imotski (1717). However, as Doge, he was one of the…

He was 71 years old (he was born on 1 January 1664), belonged to the Pisani di Santo Stefano family, a cadet branch of the family of the same name, and had travelled all the stages of the Venetian cursus honorum: sage in orders, advisor to the doge…

How often do you hear people say among the calli: 'Ciò, andémo béver un'ombra!'...? It is an invitation that has been handed down for generations and is gladly accepted especially by those who do not disdain good wine; by 'ombra' (literally: shadow…

He was 68 years old (he was born in 1300), had been a ducal councillor in two separate periods and procurator of S. Marco de citra (3 June 1352). Doge Andrea Contarini was the victor in the war of Chioggia (1379-1381) and consecrated the Republic as…

He was 37 years old (he was born in 1306) and was already procurator of St. Mark de supra (21.7.1331). He was the first doge to graduate. He was a personal friend of Petrarch and wrote numerous literary works, in addition to his Chronica brevis and…

He was 68 years old (he was born in Bardolino sul Garda, near Verona, in 1455) and had been procurator of St. Mark's de supra since 12 April 1509. He belonged to a new family. He had studied philosophy in Padua and followed his grandfather on…

He was 83 years old (he was born in 1393) and had been procurator of St. Mark de citra since 19 June 1467. After his election, during the pozzetto tour in St. Mark's Square, the new doge did not distribute silver coins, but gold ones, and then…

From the stable to the stars, only those who fall can rise again. This is the story of Antonio, commander of the Venetian fleet defeated by the Turks in the naval battle of Zonchio (1499) and sentenced to death. Perhaps through the intercession of…

He was 70 years old (he was born on 10 May 1548). He was a devout man and well liked by the people for his magnanimity and political sagacity. He had married Elena Barbarigo, who died before his election as doge, and had given him 14 children (6…

He was 52 years old (he was born in 1330) and was a captain in Crete. Everyone considered him an outsider because he had no cursus honorum of excellence and was not a diplomat, but belonged to one of the New Houses. Upon news of the election,…

The term arsenal derives from the Arabic expression "darsina'a" (which mixes the words dock and shipyard), subsequently modified into the Venetian form "darzanà" (from which the Dante coining "arzanà" derives), "arzanàl" (or " arsenàl ") and finally…

The Ateneo Veneto - according to its Statute - is: an institution that, in the exclusive pursuit of aims of social solidarity, aims to cooperate in the process and dissemination of science, letters, arts and culture, in all their manifestations.…