Consiglio Maggiore (Greater Council or Grand Council)
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Chronology of the Fortress of Sant’Andrea
The Fortress of Sant’Andrea is a unique example of Renaissance military architecture and engineering. It is also sadly abandoned.
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The fortress of Sant’Andrea
The Fortress of Sant’Andrea, in the Venetian lagoon, is a unique example of Renaissance military architecture and engineering. It played an important part in the fall of Venice in 1797.
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In the late Venetian republic, when the doge died, they held the funeral for a statue.
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Doge — Lessico Veneto
“Doge” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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The Venetian constitution
The constitution of the Republic of Venice never really existed. The Venetian nobility just made it up as they went.
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Chronology of major Venetian state institutions
The Venetian state was always an ad hoc construct, and institutions came and went at the convenience of the ruling elite.
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Consiglio dei Dieci — ASV Indice
“Consiglio dei Dieci” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
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Doge — ASV Indice
“Doge” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
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Maggior Consiglio — ASV Indice
“Maggior Consiglio” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
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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.