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1400 – Michele Steno is elected Doge. 1404 – Venice extends its rule over Vicenza, Belluno, and Feltre. 1405 – Venice acquires Vicenza, Verona, Padua, and Este. 1409 – Ladislaus of Naples sells his "rights" on Dalmatia to the Republic of Venice for 100,000 ducats.
1859 – Venice becomes part of the Italian confederation of Austria, per Treaty of Villafranca. [ 1 ] 1861 – Venezia Santa Lucia railway station opens. 1866 – Venice becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Vienna (1866). [ 1 ] 1868 – Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio (business school) established.
Doge's Palace. The Doge's Palace (Doge pronounced / doʊ (d) ʒ /; Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice.
Twenty-two years after the aforementioned fire, Otto III decided to travel to Venice to meet with Pietro II Orseolo, son of Pietro I. [10] The doge prepared an apartment for him in the eastern tower. [11] The palace was equipped with at least two towers, one western and one eastern, placed at either end of the facade facing the lagoon. [11]
The Venice Arsenal 's main gate, the Porta Magna, was built in the late 1450s and was one of the first works of Venetian Renaissance architecture. It was based on the Roman Arch of the Sergii, a triumphal arch in Pula in Istria, now in Croatia but then Venetian territory. From around the same date, the Arco Foscari, an elaborate canopy or ...
The Republic of Venice, [ a ] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [ b ] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto, over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...
The third fire was the result of arson, and destroyed the house in 1996 leaving only the exterior walls; it was rebuilt and re-opened in November 2004. In order to celebrate this event, the tradition of the Venice New Year's Concert started.
Venice (/ ˈvɛnɪs / VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ⓘ; Venetian: Venesia [veˈnɛsja], formerly Venexia [veˈnɛzja]) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges ...