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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…

Damiano Michieletto, a graduate in Modern Literature from Ca' Foscari University in Venice, specialised in directing at the Scuola d'Arte Drammatica 'Paolo Grassi' in Milan.He has staged operas by Rossini and Mozart and worked at the Alla Scala…

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…

Moderata Fonte, whose real name was Modesta Pozzo or da Pozzo, was born in Venice on 15 June 1555 into a well-to-do family - her father was a lawyer - that belonged to the class of 'original citizens' of Venice, a second-rate nobility just after the…

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…

Born in Cremona on 9 May 1567 - and baptised on 15 May - he began studying counterpoint and viola at an early age and was later appointed chapel master at the court of Mantua. From 1613 until the year of his death he received the same title in…

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…