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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…

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…

He was 30 years old (born c. 961). Before being elected, he visited his old father and former doge Peter I (976-978) in the Monastery of St. Michel de Cuxa, who predicted his future and advised him to govern simply, to be fair to his subjects and to…

He was the son of the 19th doge Pietro Candiano II (932-939), who had tried everything to bequeath him the Doge's seat, but had failed. The new doge's first act was a punitive expedition against the Patriarch of Aquileia who had raided Grado, but…

Already a member of the dogeate, he had conspired against his father, Peter III, for mere interests: the new doge sided with the mainland and the latifundia; his father Peter III, on the other hand, believed in the maritime tradition and was…

He was 77 years old (he was born in 1462). It snowed that day and the inauguration ceremony was postponed until the next day. He studied philosophy in Padua and opened a lawyer's office in Venice, went into the maritime trade with the East, gained…