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A width of 12,000 square meters, enclosed and separated from the public streets by walls that surround the entire area of ​​the castle. A green area that develops in front of and behind the villa, with different historical functions, today destined…

He was 76 years old (he was born on 27 May 1509) and was a man of great experience and prestige, well liked by the people and the military. He had obtained merits by fighting against pirates, had governed Padua, Treviso, Corfu and Candia, was devout…

He was 65 years old (he was born in 1392), and was procurator of S. Marco de ultra, although he had had no great past nor any particular merits, apart perhaps from having been among the most ardent against Francesco Foscari. His lineage was however…

The library of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection was born with the bequest of several thousand books by Peggy Guggenheim, mostly exhibition catalogs. Since then, the book heritage has grown continuously thanks to the bibliographic exchange and…

The "Sitting Room" of the Venetians’, one of the symbols of the Republic of Venice and one of the places most dear to the population. It consists of three areas: the Piazza itself: the area enclosed by the Procuratie Vecchie, the Procuratie Nuove…

Son of Orso II. He called himself Pietro Badoer to confirm that the Badoer family was descended from the Partecipazio family who had Orso as doge. Pietro remained in office for three years. He was buried next to his father in the Church of S. Felice…

Also known as Centranigo or Barbolano. Pietro was descended from a noble family originally from Heraclea. As soon as he was elected doge, he was forced to embark on a foreign policy made up of oppositions not only against the world powers of the…

He was 37 years old (he was born in 1252) and was called Pierazzo in a derogatory sense. He married Tommasina Morosini (1289), former wife of King Stephen V of Hungary (1270-1272) and mother of King Andrew III of Hungary (1290-1301), also known as…

He was 74 years old (he was born in 1667). A great lover of letters and science, a writer and poet himself, despite his culture and unquestionable patronage, he was not loved by the people, especially the decadent nobility, who always considered him…

He was 45 years old, having been born in the year 842, and was the first doge belonging to a new family. He was considered very religious, wise and generous, energetic and combative. He boasted Roman descent and was a mediator between the different…

He was 48 years old (he was born in 928). His first task was to rebuild the Doge's Palace and the Church of St. Mark. Two years after his election, perhaps because he was seized with remorse for having in some way participated in the plot against…

Son of Doge Pietro I, he worked to consolidate the dominance of the Republic, first by fighting against Comacchio, which continued to disrupt the Venetians' river trade, then against the Marquis of Istria, Vintero or Wintero. Comacchio was occupied…