The Republic of Venice ended on May 12th, 1797. The decline had been long and slow, but the final blow came from France.
“Inquisitori di Stato” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
“Inquisitor” from the Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio.
“Pien Collegio” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
“Pien Collegio” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
“Cavalieri di San Marco” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
“Inquisitori di Stato” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
The plague doctor with the beaked mask might not have much to do with Venice — that figure is more likely to be French.
In the late Venetian republic, when the doge died, they held the funeral for a statue.
The calendar of feasts and celebrations in Venice was full of events which are now largely forgotten.