Broglio
The Broglio or brolo was an area in Piazza San Marco, where the Venetian nobility met before the sessions of the <em>Maggior Consiglio</em>, to discuss matters more informally.
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Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco — Il Gran Teatro di Venezia — plate 5
“Veduta della Piazzetta di S. Marco” from the “Gran Teatro di Venezia”, published by Domenico Lovisa, c. 1717.
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La scopa privilegiata — The privileged broom — Grevembroch 4-57
“La scopa privilegiata” (The privileged broom) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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The Venetian Nobility
The Venetian nobles were in principle all equals, but in practice there were differences within the nobility, and even important inequalities.