The Venetian Republic was one of the most powerful City-States in the world for 700 years from the 11th through the 17th centuries. Continue reading
Venice (Venetian: Venexia, Italian: Venezia, Latin: Venetia) is the capital of the region of Veneto. In 2018, 260,897 people resided in Comune di Venezia, of... Continue reading
When the Lombards invade Italy in 568, one of the first cities in their path is Aquileia - a Christian town of long-standing importance, traditionally... Continue reading
Jewish settlements in the Veneto were found even in ancient times. Archaeological remains and documentation confirms the presence of Jews in Aquileia, Grado and Concordia... Continue reading
The lagoon is sustained by a delicate ecosystem; channels and shallows kept clean by the Adriatic tides sweeping in, whilst the rivers feeding into it... Continue reading
The empire emerged gradually after AD 330, when Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, which was later named Constantinople and is... Continue reading
These beautiful palaces were built in the 14th and 15th centuries. Venetian Gothic refers to a style of building unique to Venice and is a... Continue reading
Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period beginning between the early 15th and the early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe. |n fact,... Continue reading
Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the Roman style of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new fashion, expressing... Continue reading
Neoclassicism first gained influence in Paris, through a generation of French art students trained at the French Academy in Rome. The first phase was expressed... Continue reading
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