Venetian State
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Early Venice
The Venetian people were indigenous, and already present on the territory in Roman times. The Republic of Venice appeared out of the tumultuous centuries in late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Invasions The earliest times Legends
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An earl, a girl and a gondola
On March 18, 1618, the Collegio received Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), the ambassador of the King of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, who had a rather odd request.
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Domenico Pizzamano
Domenico Pizzamano never expected to end up in prison. He was not a traitor. He had done his duty.
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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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Citizen of the Republic of Venice
Being a citizen of the Republic of Venice could mean different things, mostly depending on the conditions of your birth
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The Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice never had an actual formal constitution, much less a written constitution. Neither did it have any kind of foundational event.
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However, we’ll make another
In the late Venetian republic, when the doge died, they held the funeral for a statue.
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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.