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Separated from a main canal - the Canale maggiore of Mazzorbo - the island still today shows on its banks buildings in the Gothic-Venetian style, experiencing the same fate as the entire Torcelliano territory. It is connected to the most famous…

Lina Merlin, born Angelina Merlin, was born in Pozzonovo, in the province of Padua, on October 15, 1887, into a petty bourgeois family. At the age of four, she moved to Chioggia in the house of her maternal grandmother. She was the first of nine…

Already a member of the Quarantia. He was 74 years old (he was born in 1308), he was educated, very rich, had made his fortune from trading and during the Chioggia War (1379-1381) had speculated on the purchase of houses sold off by owners in need…

He was 69 years old, having been born in Venice around 1331, and boasted a turbulent youth: a stunt at the time of Doge Falier (1354-1355) had triggered the doge's reaction, offended by some inscriptions addressed to him and the dogaressa; he used…

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. A Michiel participated in the election of the first doge, Paolino Anafesto in…

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…

Built in the nineteenth century at the behest of Giovanni Stucky, entrepreneur and financier of a noble Swiss family. The owner's intention was to build a mill that would exploit the Venetian canal to transport grain quickly to the island of…

On the Riva degli Schiavoni there is the monument dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II, king of Italy (1820-1878). Vittorio Emanuele II supported Cavour's policy, participated in the Second War of Independence and encouraged the enterprise of Giuseppe…

There are various monuments dedicated to Daniele Manin - both internal and external - in memory of the importance of the role he fulfilled in the city and for the city. These include the Campo Manin along with the monument present in it, and the…

The calendar used in the Republic of the Serenissima, until 1797, corresponded to the oldest Roman calendar where March was the first month of the year - replaced only later by January - and with it its first day marked the New Year. More veneto…

The bastion, located at the junction of Via Spalti and Santa Maria dei Battuti, is one of the few Mestre archaeological monuments represented in ancient cartography and visible today. In the 12th century, the Moza or Rocha Tower was one of the…

The Municipal Library of Mestre was established on November 14, 1952 by the municipal administration of Venice accepting the request, accompanied by public signature, of a citizen committee formed after the war. It opened to the public on 11 October…