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Domenico Pizzamano
Domenico Pizzamano never expected to end up in prison.
A nobleman should not be in prison, unless a traitor to the Republic. It was simply not the order of things.
And he was no traitor. He had done his duty to the Republic and to his class, ever since he had embarked on a Venetian galley at the age of eleven. Last year, when the Superintendent of the Lagoon had asked for volunteers in the defence of the city against Napoleon, he had stood up, along with little more than a dozen other noblemen.
#1700s #LagoonIslands #VenetianNobility #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/domenico-pizzamano/
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The fortress of Sant’Andrea
The Fortress of Sant'Andrea — in the Venetian lagoon not far from Venice — is a unique example of Renaissance military architecture and engineering. It is also a show-piece, to put the might and wealth of the Venetian state on display for everybody to see.
The fortress was a part of the defences of Venice from a surprise naval attack, and later ongoing conflicts with the Ottoman Turks kept the fear of naval incursions into the lagoon alive.
#LagoonIslands #VenetianNobility #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/the-fortress-of-santandrea/