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Italian composer who marked the transition from Renaissance to Baroque music. He wrote one of the first theatrical works, the Orpheus, with the support of the plot, which is commonly referred to as Melodrama. With his writings he introduced new…

Winner of the 2015 Paralympic Foil World Championships, double gold at the 2014 European Championships, both individual and team, and former Italian champion in the speciality.

A shrewd and unscrupulous tobacco businessman, who, due to his resourcefulness and manoeuvres bordering on legality, was little appreciated by the Venetian nobility. The figure of Manfrin is not only linked to the business world but also to his…

It is a story of intrigue and passion that of Bianca Cappello: courage, fortune but also a good dose of unscrupulous self-determination accompanied the story of this woman who, before becoming famous for her adventures, was known for her beauty and…

She was the most famous honoured courtesan of the Serenissima, esteemed and respected, mistress of men of culture, politicians, kings. She was also a wife and mother and, an extraordinary case for the times in which she lived, a delicate and refined…

She was the first woman graduate in Europe and the world, one of the many firsts in the history of Venice. Elena Lucrezia Corner (or Cornaro) Piscopia was awarded the title of Doctor of Philosophy in Padua on 25 June 1678.

An indispensable figure for understanding audiovisual culture between the 1930s and 1940s in Italy. During his career as a filmmaker, he was also a journalist, photographer, film historian and critic, as well as a director of opera and drama, set…

Of his first performance he writes '...if Mina had sung my song, Come sinfonia, I probably would never have gone on stage, I would have stayed backstage writing music for other performers, but as fate would have it, Mina had already agreed with…

Giuliana was a much-loved abbess, both by her sisters and by the people, because of her deep desire for moral and religious perfection. She lived a simple and humble life, with a marked spirit of charity towards the poor. In memory of the nun, at…

Nineteenth-century Venetian politician, promoter of the opposition movement to the Austrian administration, he became President of the Provisional Government of Venice after the popular uprising and the expulsion of the Austrians. Following the…

Dalmatian scholar known in Italy for having compiled the first Dictionary of the Italian Language. In Venice, he is still remembered for his participation, together with Daniele Manin, in the Venetian Revolution of 1848-1849.

The name Costantino Reyer is inextricably linked to the sports club, active since 1872, which won the Italian basketball championship in 2017 and 2019. A man of culture and heart who gave much to the world of sport and social work.