Lagoon
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Lagoon settlements in the early Middle Ages
The lagoon was settled in Antiquity, and in the 600s, there were numerous known towns, and several important cities. Venice, however, was not one of them.
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The settlements of the lagoons — John the Deacon
The list of lagoon settlements before the year 1000, from the “Istoria Veneticorum” by John the Deacon.
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Venetian refugees
Following the Lombard invasion and conquest of Venetia, a part of the Venetian population of the mainland cities fled or left for the settlements in the nearby lagoons.
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Lazzaretto Nuovo — Venetia Descritta (1581)
“Lazzaretto Nuovo” from the “Venetia, citta nobilissima et singolare” (1581) by Francesco Sansovino, translated by René Seindal.
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Lazzaretto Vecchio — Venetia Descritta (1581)
“Lazzaretto Vecchio” from the “Venetia, citta nobilissima et singolare” (1581) by Francesco Sansovino, translated by René Seindal.
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Translatio Marci Evangelistae Venetias (English)
This document is the earliest description of the translation of St Mark to Venice in 827–828, and also of early Venice. This is a translation by René Seindal.
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De Administrando Imperio
Translation of the parts related to Venice of the “De Administrando Imperio” (c.950) by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.
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Industria Elvetica — Swiss Industry — Grevembroch 4-81
“Industria Elvetica” (Swiss Industry) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
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Thomas Philologus Ravennas
The statue on the façade of the San Zulian church is not a saint, but an astrologer and doctor, who sold remedies for syphilis.
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Giacomo Gradenigo Cavaliere — Grevembroch 1-37
“Giacomo Gradenigo Cavaliere” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.