Andrea Memmo (29 March 1729 – 27 January 1793) was a

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and politician. Tutored by

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, he was a proponent of Enlightenment values and political reform for the stagnant

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. He is well known for his love affair with

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, following her to Milan and Paris, before returning to Venice. He became a member of the

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, and governor of

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in 1775–1776, during which time he initiated the construction of

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. He later served as Bailo of Constantinople (1777), ambassador to the

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(1781), and was elevated to the post of procurator of Saint Mark (1785). In 1789, he was a candidate for the Dogeship, losing to Lodovico Manin. He was one of the first

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in Venice.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Memmo, Andrea 1729 births 1793 deaths 18th-century Venetian people Baili of Constantinople Procurators of Saint Mark History of Padua