“The doge, senate, and government of Venice were then excommunicated and the entire Republic placed under interdict.”

“Soon after his election as doge in 1423, he made an alliance with Florence and began a war against the duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti.”

“In 840 a treaty between Charlemagne's grandson Lothair and the doge of Venice, protected Venice's neutrality and guaranteed its security from the mainland.”

“The doge, senate, and government of Venice were then excommunicated and the entire Republic placed under interdict.”

“Soon after his election as doge in 1423, he made an alliance with Florence and began a war against the duke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti.”

“In 840 a treaty between Charlemagne's grandson Lothair and the doge of Venice, protected Venice's neutrality and guaranteed its security from the mainland.”

“As the Venetian patriciate developed new strategies for collective self-definition, so too did the doges.”

“The series begun under Giovanni Dandolo continued with the names of the successive doges until the early 19th century.”

“This splendid church, begun in 829 and completed about 1071, was traditionally the private chapel of the doges and effectively a political building.”