“Povero in Mascara” from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.
The Venetian nobles were in principle all equals, but in practice there were differences within the nobility, and even important inequalities.
Lists of the houses or noble families of the Republic of Venice.
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.
The Venetians didn’t do statues of great men in public spaces. In over a millennium only one such statue was erected in Venice.