🤴9 March 1789. The last Doge of The #Serenissima Republic of Venice is elected: his name (yes 😊) Ludovico Giovanni Manin. In fact he wasn't very lucky... 120 Doges (governors) in #Venicehistory from 697 (year of the foundation of the Republic) to 1797, Ludovico had to face decline, mainly due to the troops of Napoleon invading #Italy and arriving (with almost no resistance) at Venice "gates"... In order to avoid the French troops entering Venice, he was forced to abdicate by Napoleon via the Venetian Maggior Consiglio (the government). It was 👉 12 May 1797, the day of the deposition of the last Doge. Ludovico remained in Venice until his death in 1802, he must have been one of the saddest men on Earth 😢 in his last years: on one side he saw Venice plundered of his works of art by #Napoleon before passing under #Austria domination, on the other side he was treated like a traitor by his fellow citizens. History has then demonstrated that he couldn't really do much, resisting to Napoleon was impossible!
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📜12 May 1797. The last day of the #Serenissima Republic of Venice.
Under siege for days by the troops of Napoleon which stopped in the mainland and were ready to invade Venice, the Maggior Consiglio (Venice Parliament) in a dramatic last meeting decided to depose the Doge Ludovico Manin, to surrender to #Napoleon avoiding bloodshed and to create a Municipality, thus killing the Republic after 1100 years. 🤷♂️😔
The Venetians and the #Schiavoni (= people from the Balkans who worked in Venice for ages) took this as the Doge's betrayal and tried to organise a rebellion in the city under the #SanMarco flag. The riots were easily defeated by the Venetian new miltary police itself (see picture of riots on #RialtoBridge☝️) and Napoleon could enter the city without opposition some days later.
He would then use Venice as a bargain and after "undressing" the city of the works of art he was interested in, he sold Venice to Austria some months later.
More history 👉 here.
#VeniceHistory #12May
Under siege for days by the troops of Napoleon which stopped in the mainland and were ready to invade Venice, the Maggior Consiglio (Venice Parliament) in a dramatic last meeting decided to depose the Doge Ludovico Manin, to surrender to #Napoleon avoiding bloodshed and to create a Municipality, thus killing the Republic after 1100 years. 🤷♂️😔
The Venetians and the #Schiavoni (= people from the Balkans who worked in Venice for ages) took this as the Doge's betrayal and tried to organise a rebellion in the city under the #SanMarco flag. The riots were easily defeated by the Venetian new miltary police itself (see picture of riots on #RialtoBridge☝️) and Napoleon could enter the city without opposition some days later.
He would then use Venice as a bargain and after "undressing" the city of the works of art he was interested in, he sold Venice to Austria some months later.
More history 👉 here.
#VeniceHistory #12May
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📜17 October 1797. With the Treaty of Campoformio, a small town in #Friuli region, #Napoleon sells (or gives away) Venice and its region to the Austrian, at the time still leading nation of the so called Sacred Roman Empire (which will be extinct in 1806).
Napoleon conquered Venice just few months before (see more story 👉 here) but he wasn't much interested in the city (apart from stealing everything he could from Venetian palaces), so he used it as a bargain for his expansionist aims.
The Austrian troops entered in Venice at the beginning of 1798, the entire Venetian region stayed under #Austria domination until 1866.
«Il sacrificio della patria nostra è consumato: tutto è perduto; e la vita, seppure ne verrà concessa, non ci resterà che per piangere le nostre sciagure, e la nostra infamia."
(Ugo Foscolo, Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)
#VeniceHistory #17October
Napoleon conquered Venice just few months before (see more story 👉 here) but he wasn't much interested in the city (apart from stealing everything he could from Venetian palaces), so he used it as a bargain for his expansionist aims.
The Austrian troops entered in Venice at the beginning of 1798, the entire Venetian region stayed under #Austria domination until 1866.
«Il sacrificio della patria nostra è consumato: tutto è perduto; e la vita, seppure ne verrà concessa, non ci resterà che per piangere le nostre sciagure, e la nostra infamia."
(Ugo Foscolo, Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)
#VeniceHistory #17October
📜22 October 1866. Venice and the entire Veneto region are annexed to Italy (at the time Regno d'Italia, yes we had the king 👑😉).
Venice was under Austria since 1797 (see more #VeniceHistory 👉 here). After the many revolutionary episodes against foreign domination that took place all over the country during the 19th century, the Kingdom of Italy which unified most regions was born in 1861.
In 1866 #Italy declares war to #Austria in an attempt to militarily conquer Venice: despite the defeat or Italian troops, Austria gave Venice to #France which at the time politically supported the new born Kingdom of Italy. Venice was formally given to Italy on October 19, and soon after (21-22 October) a referendum was held for the Veneto population, which ended in a plebiscite with 674,426 votes in favor of the annexion and 69 against.
In the painting above☝️King Vittorio Emanuele II enters Venice with a parade on the #GrandCanal acclaimed by all citizens on 7 November 1866.
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Venice was under Austria since 1797 (see more #VeniceHistory 👉 here). After the many revolutionary episodes against foreign domination that took place all over the country during the 19th century, the Kingdom of Italy which unified most regions was born in 1861.
In 1866 #Italy declares war to #Austria in an attempt to militarily conquer Venice: despite the defeat or Italian troops, Austria gave Venice to #France which at the time politically supported the new born Kingdom of Italy. Venice was formally given to Italy on October 19, and soon after (21-22 October) a referendum was held for the Veneto population, which ended in a plebiscite with 674,426 votes in favor of the annexion and 69 against.
In the painting above☝️King Vittorio Emanuele II enters Venice with a parade on the #GrandCanal acclaimed by all citizens on 7 November 1866.
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📜 8 October 1451.
San Pietro in Castello becomes the first site of a Patriarch (= Catholic bishop) in Venice.
Before that, Venice was "under" the Patriarch of Grado, today a town and seaside resort in Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
It took more than 350 years (right after the 👉 fall of the Republic) to move the Patriarch from San Pietro in Castello to the actual #SanMarco site.
The first Patriarch of Venice was Lorenzo Giustiniani and, to confirm the uniqueness of this city, he was nominated by the Republic Senate, not by the Church.
San Pietro in #Castello, with its leaning tower 📸☝️, is one of the most secluded islands of Venice, absolutely out of the touristy trails...
therefore included in my #WalkingTour 😉
#VeniceHistory #8October
San Pietro in Castello becomes the first site of a Patriarch (= Catholic bishop) in Venice.
Before that, Venice was "under" the Patriarch of Grado, today a town and seaside resort in Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
It took more than 350 years (right after the 👉 fall of the Republic) to move the Patriarch from San Pietro in Castello to the actual #SanMarco site.
The first Patriarch of Venice was Lorenzo Giustiniani and, to confirm the uniqueness of this city, he was nominated by the Republic Senate, not by the Church.
San Pietro in #Castello, with its leaning tower 📸☝️, is one of the most secluded islands of Venice, absolutely out of the touristy trails...
therefore included in my #WalkingTour 😉
#VeniceHistory #8October
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📜 Bergamo has been under Venice domination since 1428 until the 👉 end of the Republic. Signs of the Venetian presence can be found all over the old town on the hill (Bergamo Alta), the ancient walls surrounding it are known as "Mura Venete" (Venetian Walls) and are today Unesco World Heritage.
One of biggest statues here in Venice in Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo☝️represents Bartolomeo Colleoni from #Bergamo, one of the most important army leader of the Venetian Republic (the generals who fought for the Republic in the mainland had not to be born or raised in Venice by law).
#VeniceHistory #VeniceMonuments #VeniceStatues
One of biggest statues here in Venice in Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo☝️represents Bartolomeo Colleoni from #Bergamo, one of the most important army leader of the Venetian Republic (the generals who fought for the Republic in the mainland had not to be born or raised in Venice by law).
#VeniceHistory #VeniceMonuments #VeniceStatues
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