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Casa Venier
Casa Venier is a small Gothic-style palace on the north eastern side of Campo Santa Maria Formosa, adjacent to the complex of ''Palazzi Donà'' in the Sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy. History This house was built in the 15th century, and is most notable as being the birthplace of Doge Sebastiano Venier, who led the Venetians during the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. In 1971, the Italian navy placed a plaque on the house, commemorating the birthplace of this Admiral.Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at :it:Casa Venier; see its history for attribution. Bibliography *''Guide Italy - Venice and Milan'', Touring Editore, 2007. . Venier Venier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrea Venier, castellan of Scutari * Annibale Venier (born 1951), an Italian rower * Anton Venier, Austrian luger *Antonio Venier (c. 1330–1400), Doge of Venice * Cecilia Venier-Baff ... Gothic architecture in Venice {{Italy-pa ...
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Gothic Architecture
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France. The style at the time was sometimes known as ''opus Francigenum'' (lit. French work); the term ''Gothic'' was first applied contemptuously during the later Renaissance, by those ambitious to revive the architecture of classical antiquity. The defining design element of Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival arch. The use of the pointed arch in turn led to the development of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with elaborate tracery and stained glass windows. At the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the choir was reconstructed between 1140 and 1144, draw ...
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Campo Santa Maria Formosa
Campo Santa Maria Formosa is a city square in the Castello district of Venice, Italy. Buildings around the square * Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa * Palazzo Priuli Ruzzini Loredan * Palazzo Morosini del Pestrin * Palazzi Donà * Casa Venier *Palazzo Vitturi *Palazzo Malipiero-Trevisan Palazzo Malipiero-Trevisan is a Renaissance palace in Venice, Italy located in the Castello district, on the south-eastern side of campo Santa Maria Formosa and separated from it by the Santa Maria Formosa river (entry is through a private bridg ... * Palazzo Querini Stampalia Santa Maria Formosa Facciata e campanile.jpg, Campo Santa Maria Formosa - Palazzo Malipiero-Trevisan.jpg, Palazzi Donà - Palazzo centrale.jpg, Palazzi Donà - Palazzo di destra.jpg, Casa Venier.jpg, Piazzas and campos in Venice category:Buildings and structures in Castello, Venice {{Veneto-geo-stub ...
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Sestiere Of Castello
Castello is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice, Italy. History There had been, since at least the 8th-century, small settlements of the islands of San Pietro di Castello (for which the sestiere is named). This island was also called Isola d'Olivolo. From the thirteenth century onward, the district grew around a naval dockyard on what was originally the Isole Gemini. The land in the district was dominated by the ''Arsenale'' of the Republic of Venice, then the largest naval complex in Europe. A Greek mercantile community numbering around 5,000 in the Renaissance and late Middle Ages was based in this district, with the Flanginian School and the Greek Orthodox Church of San Giorgio dei Greci being located here, of which the former comprises the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in VeniceGreece: Books and Writers (PDF). Ministry of Culture — National Book Centre of Greece. 2001. p. 54. . and the latter is now the seat of the Greek Orthodox Arc ...
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Casa Venier
Casa Venier is a small Gothic-style palace on the north eastern side of Campo Santa Maria Formosa, adjacent to the complex of ''Palazzi Donà'' in the Sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy. History This house was built in the 15th century, and is most notable as being the birthplace of Doge Sebastiano Venier, who led the Venetians during the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. In 1971, the Italian navy placed a plaque on the house, commemorating the birthplace of this Admiral.Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at :it:Casa Venier; see its history for attribution. Bibliography *''Guide Italy - Venice and Milan'', Touring Editore, 2007. . Venier Venier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Andrea Venier, castellan of Scutari * Annibale Venier (born 1951), an Italian rower * Anton Venier, Austrian luger *Antonio Venier (c. 1330–1400), Doge of Venice * Cecilia Venier-Baff ... Gothic architecture in Venice {{Italy-pa ...
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Jacopo Tintoretto 037
Jacopo (also Iacopo) is a masculine Italian given name, derivant from Latin ''Iacōbus''. It is an Italian variant of Giacomo. * Jacopo Aconcio (), Italian religious reformer * Jacopo Bassano (1592), Italian painter * Iacopo Barsotti (1921–1987), Italian mathematician * Jacopo da Bologna (), Italian composer * Jacopo Comin (1518–1594), Italian painter otherwise known as Tintoretto * Jacopo Carucci (1494–1557), Italian painter otherwise known as Pontormo * Jacopo Corsi (1561–1602), Italian composer * Jacopo da Leona (died 1277), Italian poet * Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), Italian composer * Jacopo della Quercia (1438), Italian sculptor * Jacopo Riccati (1676–1754), Italian mathematician * Jacopo Sadoleto (1477–1547), Italian Catholic cardinal * Jacopo M. (1989), Italian Communicator, upholder of the European Commission Fictional characters: * Jacopo, a key character in the 2002 film version of ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (and a minor character in the book). * Jacopo Be ...
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Sebastiano Venier
Sebastiano Venier (or Veniero) (c. 1496 – 3 March 1578) was Doge of Venice from 11 June 1577 to 3 March 1578. He is best remembered in his role as the Venetian admiral at the Battle of Lepanto. Biography Venier was born in Venice around 1496. He was a son of Moisè (Mosè) Venier and Elena Donà, and a nephew of Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo. He was a paternal grandson of Moisé Venier (ca. 1412 - ca. 1476). He was the great-great-great-grandson of Pietro Venier, Governor of Cerigo. He worked as a lawyer from a very early age, though without holding formal qualifications, and subsequently was an administrator for the government of the Republic of Venice. In 1570 he was procurator of St Mark's and, in the December of the same year, '' capitano generale da Mar'' of the Venetian fleet in the new war against the Ottoman Turks, substituting Girolamo Zane. He was the commander of the Venetian contingent at Battle of Lepanto (7 October 1571), in which the Christian Leagu ...
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Battle Of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states (comprising Spain and its Italian territories, several independent Italian states, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta) arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus – Greek , Ottoman ) when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Spanish Empire and the Venetian Republic were the main powers of the coalition, as the league was largely financed by Philip II of Spain, and Venice was the main contributor of ships. In the history of naval warfare, Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the Western world to be fought almost entirely between rowing vessels, namely the galleys and galleasses which were th ...
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Palaces In Sestiere Castello
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which housed the Imperial residences. Most European languages have a version of the term (''palais'', ''palazzo'', ''palacio'', etc.), and many use it for a wider range of buildings than English. In many parts of Europe, the equivalent term is also applied to large private houses in cities, especially of the aristocracy; often the term for a large country house is different. Many historic palaces are now put to other uses such as parliaments, museums, hotels, or office buildings. The word is also sometimes used to describe a lavishly ornate building used for public entertainment or exhibitions such as a movie palace. A palace is distinguished from a castle while the latter clearly is fortified or has the style of a fortification, whereas a pa ...
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