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1263 – Venetian victory against the Genoese and Byzantines at the Battle of Settepozzi; 1264 – The Genoese capture a Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno. 1266 – Venetian victory against the Genoese at the Battle of Trapani; 1268 Lorenzo Tiepolo is elected Doge; A ten-year peace treaty with Byzantium grants Venice trading privileges.
Compared to the Renaissance architecture of other Italian cities, in Venice there was a degree of conservatism, especially in retaining the overall form of buildings, which in the city were usually replacements on a confined site, and in windows, where arched or round tops, sometimes with a classicized version of the tracery of Venetian Gothic architecture, remained far more heavily used than ...
Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), one of the world's major painters, known for scenes from history and mythology; Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), real name "Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni", painter, sculptor and goldsmith; Antonio Visentini (1688–1782), architectural designer, painter and engraver; Alessandro Vittoria (1525 ...
The loss of the Marcamò fort blocked use of the Ferrarese branch of the Po River, and eventually the Venetian garrison in Ferrara, weakened by military defeats and disease, was overwhelmed in August 1309, after a relief fleet led by Marco Querini was defeated. Long negotiations followed, before a treaty was concluded in 1313 that ended the war ...
Venetian victory: 948: Dalmatia: Doge Pietro III Candiano — Narentine pirates: Venetian defeat, obligation for annual tribute to the Narentines: 998, Ascension Day: Dalmatia: Doge Pietro Orseolo II — Narentine pirates: Venetian victory, cessation of the tribute: 1000: Lastovo, Dalmatia: Pietro Orseolo II — Citizens of Lastovo: Venetian ...
The Venetian patriciate (Italian: Patriziato veneziano, Venetian: Patrisiato venesian) was one of the three social bodies into which the society of the Republic of Venice was divided, together with citizens and foreigners. Patrizio was the noble title of the members of the aristocracy ruling the city of Venice and the Republic.
Venice had conquered the Mestre mainland from the Scaliger rulers at Verona in 1337 during the Scaliger War, followed by Treviso and Bassano del Grappa in 1339. The development of the Terraferma province actually began with the accession of Doge Michele Steno in 1400, who systematically campaigned in the Venetian hinterland in order to secure trade and sustenance for the citizens of Venice.
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