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He was 67 years old (he was born on 9 February 1685). During his doge's tenure, two important events occurred, one in domestic policy and the other in foreign policy. Internally there was the clash between conservatives and reformists: the doge did…

He was 71 years old (he was born on 21 April 1575). He had been provveditore generale in Dalmatia and Candia/Creta and from 2 January 1633 m.v. procurator of St. Mark de supra. He was buried in the family tomb in the cloister of the Convent of St.…

He was 69 years old (born 26 February 1619). He was unanimously elected in a single ballot on 3 April 1688. The seal and ducal horn were sent to him in Aegina on 26 May 1688, where he was in the war against the Turks in the capacity of captain…

He was 65 years old (he was born in 1489). He was a sickly doge and a great glutton. His lavish display of luxury, at a time when the Doge's Republic was suffering from famine, alienated all sympathy for him, and the people ended up hating him and…

Some chronicles call him Galla Lupanio. After plotting a pro-Franco conspiracy against the previous doge Teodato Ipato, of whom he was a loyalist, and having him blinded and exiled, he imposed himself on the will of the Venetians with a piloted…

The Galleria di Palazzo Cini was established in 1984, three years after Princess Yana Cini Alliata di Montereale, daughter of Vittorio Cini, donated part of her father's assets to the Giorgio Cini Foundation; Yana paid homage to a notable nucleus of…

On the ground floor of the building, near the ticket office, it is possible to visit a courtyard that contains a true well masterpiece of 1427 by the sculptor Bartolomeo Bon and in the atrium an elegant mosaic that incorporates the mosaics of the…

The palace, which overlooks the Grand Canal, was designed in 1600 by Baldassare Longhena (1598-1682), commissioned by the noble Pesaro family. The building was planned in a tripartite scheme, a part on the Grand Canal with a staircase to interrupt…

The Galleries take their name from the Accademia of Belle Arti with which they had shared the same seat until 2004. They are housed in the agglomeration of: the ancient church of Santa Maria della Carità, the Scuola Grande della Carità and the…

He was 73 years old (he was born in 1486) and succeeded his own brother Lorenzo. As a young man he had embraced the mercantile trade and had become very rich. Two years before he became doge, although he had not had an important public career, he…

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. 'We are at the gardens' or 'At the gardens' are common expressions that always…

Located in a quiet and secluded area of ​​Venice, it can be reached by crossing the tenement houses near the church of Sant’Alvise and the residences overlooking the lagoon; both to the west and to the east of the park the perimeter is outlined by…