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15 hours ago · The Republic of Venice (Italian: Repubblica di Venezia; Venetian: Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
5 days ago · Venice, city, major seaport, and capital of both the province of Venezia and the region of Veneto, northern Italy. An island city, it was once the center of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent’s commercial and cultural link to Asia.
May 21, 2024 · The main seat of government of the Republic of Venice was — since the early 800s — the Palazzo Ducale and the wider area around Piazza San Marco.
3 days ago · The end of the Venetian Republic came in 1797, when Napoleon Bonaparte‘s forces occupied the city and forced the last Doge to abdicate. Venice was ceded to Austria in the Treaty of Campo Formio, marking the close of an era that had lasted for over a thousand years. Venice in the Modern Era: Challenges and Opportunities (19th-21st Centuries)
May 23, 2024 · A hierarchy of citizenship. Ancient Venice was a class society, and which class a person belonged to was mostly, but not entirely, decided at birth. The great divide in status was between the nobility and the cittadini (citizens), but the system was more complex than that. The most important groups were:
6 days ago · Florence was founded as a Roman military colony about the 1st century bce, and during its long history it has been a republic, a seat of the duchy of Tuscany, and a capital (1865–70) of Italy. During the 14th–16th century Florence achieved preeminence in commerce and finance, learning, and especially the arts.
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15 hours ago · The rule of Venice over most of Dalmatia continued on for nearly four centuries (c. 1420–1797) until the end of The Republic by Treaty of Campo Formio. Another long term consequence of Anti-Court struggles was arrival of Ottomans to neighbouring Kingdom of Bosnia at the invite of powerful Bosnian duke Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić to help him ...
