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Citizen of the Republic of Venice

Being a citizen of the Republic of Venice could mean different things, mostly depending on the conditions of your birth

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-republic-of-venice/citizen-of-the-republic-of-venice/

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The Venetian state

The Republic of Venice never had an actual formal constitution, much less a written constitution. Neither did it have any kind of foundational event.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-state/

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A Chronology of the Fall of Venice

The Republic of Venice ended on May 12th, 1797. The decline had been long and slow, but the final blow came from France.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-fall-of-venice/a-chronology-of-the-fall-of-venice/

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The plague doctor

The plague doctor with the beaked mask might not have much to do with Venice — that figure is more likely to be French.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-plague-doctor/

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The Venetian constitution

The constitution of the Republic of Venice never really existed. The Venetian nobility just made it up as they went.

https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/the-venetian-constitution/

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Superintendents for the avoidance of superfluous expenses

The Republic of Venice had a magistracy of “Superintendents and regulators for the avoidance and regulation of superfluous expenses.”

https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/04/superintendents-for-superfluous-expenses/

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Quarantine in the 1600s

Quarantine was the main method of prevention of the black plague in Venice, and the lazzaretti served that purpose.

https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/quarantine-in-the-1600s/

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The ASV Indice by Andrea da Mosto

The Lessico Veneto — Lexicon of the Veneto — by Fabio Mutinelli from 1851 is another of those must-have books for anybody interested in Venetian history, which is exact why it was written.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-asv-indice-by-andrea-da-mosto/

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The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio

The Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio from 1829 is the essential dictionary of the late Venetian language for anybody trying to read old Venetian texts.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-dizionario-del-dialetto-veneziano-by-giuseppe-boerio/

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Però l’anderà parte — vadit pars

Legal texts from the Republic of Venice often contains some particular Venetian idioms, such as “però l’anderà parte” and “vadit pars”

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/pero-landera-parte-vadit-pars/

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Fornicators of Nuns

“Fornicators of Nuns” were criminals in ancient Venice, and harshly punished, but that didn’t stop nuns from having lovers.

https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/fornicators-of-nuns/

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The Lessico Veneto by Fabio Mutinelli

The Lessico Veneto — Lexicon of the Veneto — by Fabio Mutinelli from 1851 is another of those must-have books for anybody interested in Venetian history, which is exact why it was written.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-lessico-veneto-by-fabio-mutinelli/

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Prostitution in Venice

In ancient Venice prostitution was considered a necessary evil, where more harm would come from a ban than from a de facto acceptance

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/prostitution-in-venice/

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Archaeological digs in St. Mark’s square

Archaeological digs in the Piazza San Marco have uncovered parts of the ancient church of San Giminiano and a grave of four persons

https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/02/archaeological-digs-in-st-marks-square/

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The Legend of the Fisherman

The Legend of the Fisherman was part of the national narrative of the Venetian Republic, but it is now largely forgotten.

https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/the-legend-of-the-fisherman/

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A Venetian Law

Ignorance of the law is no excuse — so the Serenissima sometimes published laws on inscriptions around the city.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/a-venetian-law/

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Sestiere Cannaregio

The Sestiere Cannaregio is the second largest of the six, extending from the railroad station to the Rialto. It covers almost half of the northern part of Venice.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/sestiere-sestieri/sestiere-cannaregio-2/

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Daghe adosso, Nino!

An Austrian admiral giving orders in Venetian, in a naval battle against Italy, which eventually led to Venice becoming Italian

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/daghe-adosso-nino/

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Venice Access Fee — Money for nothing

The “Venice Access Fee” introduced by the municipal administration will do absolutely nothing to resolve the real issues of the city.

https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/venice-access-fee-money-for-nothing/

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Oranges and straw hats

Once a year — on February 2nd — the Doge of Venice received a gift of two oranges and two straw hats from the guild of the box-makers.

https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/oranges-and-straw-hats/

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Festa delle Marie

The “Festa delle Marie” celebrating the liberation of brides abducted by pirates, was an important event in medieval Venice.

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/festa-delle-marie/

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Visit the abandoned islands

It is not easy to visit the many abandoned islands in the Venetian Lagoon, but it is possible. I’ve been to almost all of them.

https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/01/visit-the-abandoned-islands/

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Sestiere San Marco

The Sestiere San Marco is the central part of the city, bounded by the Grand Canal on three sides and a line from the Rialto to the Doge’s Palace on the last. It is one of the smallest of the sestieri, but probably the most important.

The vicinity to the economic centre at Rialto and the political centre at St Mark’s made this the absolutely most […]

https://historywalksvenice.com/article/sestiere-sestieri/sestiere-san-marco/

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Stumbling stones

Today several stumbling stones were placed in Venice, one of them in memory of Elia Gino Musatti in Salizada dei Greci in Venice

https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/01/stumbling-stones/

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