Consiglio del Doge (Signoria)
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State institutions of the Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice changed continuously as conditions inside and outside of it changed, until it gradually found its final form in the 1300s and 1400s.
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Pregadi — Lessico Veneto
“Pregadi” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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Signoria — Dizionario
“Signoria” from the Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio.
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Consiglio del Doge — Lessico Veneto
“Consiglio del Doge” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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S. Pietro — Curiosità Veneziane
“S. Pietro (Parrocchia, Campo, Ponte di)” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini
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When you could hang for wearing a fake beard
A spate of killings in the 1100s in Venice by assassins wearing false full beards, led a ban under capital punishment for wearing fake full beards.
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Casselleria — Curiosità Veneziane
“Casselleria” from Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini
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Sestiere – sestieri
Venice is divided into six sestiere whose origin is as old as the city of Venice itself. As far as we know, they have always been there.
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John Adams on the Venetian constitution
John Adams wrote about the Venetian constitution in 1787 in the “A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America”.
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The Doge
The doge was the elected head of the Venetian Republic. He was elected for life by an arcane process that also included drawing lots.