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1131 – Church of San Clemente is the first established settlement on the Isola di San Clemente. 1157 – Bank established. [1] 1173 – Rialto Bridge made of wood opened, designed by Nicolò Barattieri. [8] 1204 – Fourth Crusade embarks from Venice. 1228 – Fondaco dei Tedeschi built. 1264 – Bridge built across Grand Canal. [5]
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]
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 ...
1277 – A two-year peace treaty with Byzantium grants Venice trading quarters in Constantinople and Thessalonica. 1280 – Giovanni Dandolo is elected Doge; 1284 – First gold ducat is minted, which is to be known as the zecchino beginning in 1554; 1289 – Pietro Gradenigo is elected Doge; 1294 – Renewal of hostilities with Genoa, which ...
Doge's Palace and campanile of St. Mark's Basilica. The foundation of Venice is generally considered borne witness to by a manuscript of the Chronicon Altinate (11th-12th century) and, in a more recent era, by Marino Sanuto the Younger (15th-16th century) , who described the massive fire of the Rialto bridge in 1514, stating that: "Solum restò in piedi la chiexia di San Giacomo di Rialto, la ...
The first information relating to a theatre on this site dates back to 1581. The Tron family theatre for commedie is referenced both in a letter sent by Ettore Tron to Duke Alfonso II d’Este, dated 4 January 1580 more veneto (i.e., 1581), and in Francesco Sansovino’s, Venetia città nobilissima et singolare, [5] in which two theatres in the parish of San Cassiano are mentioned: according ...
The Republic of Venice in AD 1000. The republican territory is dark red, the borders in light red. The Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Venice: Venice – city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.It is situated across a group of 118 small islands [1] that are separated by canals and linked by bridges, of which there are 400.