“Prigioni” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
The calendar of feasts and celebrations in Venice was full of events which are now largely forgotten.
“Doge” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
The Sestiere San Marco is the central part of the city, bounded by the Grand Canal on three sides and a line from the Rialto to the Doge’s Palace on the last. It is one of the smallest of the sestieri, but probably the most important. The vicinity to the economic centre at Rialto and…
The Venetian lawmakers voted by casting a small ball in a vase. That ball, a balote, became a ballot in the United States.
Marin Falier was a doge of Venice, but he was beheaded on April 17th, 1355, for having orchestrated a coup against the state he led