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And at a further arrogant claim by the French crown to the Republic of Genoa, the doge himself, and other representatives were forced to go to Versailles on 15 May 1685 to perform an act of "reparation". The reception in the royal palace was attended to in every detail, respectful of protocol and labels and all to the advantage of the prestige ...
The Doge of Genoa (/ d oʊ dʒ / DOHJ) [a] was the head of state of the Republic of Genoa, a city-state and soon afterwards a maritime republic, from 1339 until the state's extinction in 1797. Originally elected for life, after 1528 the Doges were elected for terms of two years. [ 1 ]
The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a historical building in Genoa, northern Italy. Once the home of the Doges of Genoa , it is now a museum and a centre for cultural events and arts exhibitions.
Room of the Minor Council in the Doge's Palace.. The Great Council was made up of 400 influential people from the Republic, not necessarily of the nobility. Most of them were bankers, cloth merchants, captains, doctors, magistrates, notaries and scholars. 300 of them were selected from hundreds of names by the Great Council, while the last 100 were selected by the Minor Council.
After his deposition, Giacomo was invited by doge Adorno to a great banquet in his honor and allowed to remain in the city. But rapidly, a riot in Savona drove a wedge between the two clans. As a consequence, Giacomo was sent to the castle-prison of Lerici until 1396. Two years later, he returned to the republic and was re-elected to the Council.
In 1634 he was at the office of the magistrate of Corsica and in 1637, and again in 1644, he led the commission of the State Inquisitor of the Republic of Genoa. In 1645 and until his death he took part in the direction of the renovation and modification of the Doge's Palace. Lomellini died in Genoa on April 1, 1652. [1] [2]
On February 3, 1767 Durazzo became Doge of Genoa. [citation needed] His Dogate was marked by the definitive loss of the island of Corsica to France, in the Treaty of Versailles. On February 3, 1769, he ended his Dogate and later became head of the war magistrate and state inquisitors.
In this two-year period the Genoese capital saw the birth of numerous public works: a new tower at the dock, the construction of a hospice for Corsican soldiers, the renovation in 1603 of the great hall of the Doge's Palace, the authorization of the route of the New Road from the door of San Tommaso to the Piazza dell'Annunziata.
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