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The gondola (English: / ˈ ɡ ɒ n d ə l ə /, Italian:; Venetian: góndoła, Venetian: [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon.
The Venetian navy (Venetian: Armada) was the navy of the Venetian Republic which played an important role in the history of the republic and the Mediterranean world. It was the premier navy in the Mediterranean Sea for many centuries between the medieval and early modern periods, providing Venice with control and influence over trade and ...
A translation of an extract from G.B. Rubin de Cervin (1985), La flotta di Venezia: Navi e barche della Serenissima [The Venetian Fleet: Ships and Boats of the Venetian Republic], Milan: Automobilia, ISBN 88-85058-63-9. Official website of the Fondazione Bucintoro. Retrieved on 29 February 2008.
The following is a list of all 120 of the Doges of Venice ordered by the dates of their reigns.. For more than 1,000 years, the chief magistrate and leader of the city of Venice and later of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge, a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux.
Even after the other major European navies, the Venetian fleet, and even the Venetians' major naval rivals, the Ottoman Navy, began using mostly sail ships of the line during the 17th century, the tradition-minded Venetians insisted, despite heavy debate, to keep a galley as the Captain General's flagship.
The Oltramarini were primarily filled from local people from the Venetian possessions on the eastern Adriatic coast, i.e. the Slavic (as well as Latin) catholic population from Dalmatia, the so-called Schiavoni, and later, to a lesser extent, members of other nations who came to these units were also recruited, i.e. Christian refugees and ...
Venice (/ ˈ v ɛ n ɪ s / VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ⓘ; Venetian: Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.It is built on a group of 127 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. [3]
Then there is the tenth island, Popilia. The eleventh is called Chioggia Minore, in which is the beautiful monastery of San Michele. On the twelfth island is Chioggia Maggiore. There is also a castle on the border of Venice, which is called Capo d'Argile. In reality, however, there are numerous other habitable islands in that province