📜🎶1222. 800 years ago Leonardo Bonacci from #Pisa, #Italy, later worldwide known as Fibonacci, introduced his numbers sequence, still today one of the most used and referred formulas in mathematics.

#Fibonacci was son of the most important merchant in Pisa at the time, and he travelled for years in North Africa and Middle East countries for trading. His passion for numbers grew in those years and he is considered the main "responsible" for introducing the "Indo-Persian-Arabic" numbering system (1-9) in Europe and in the Western world.
He added to it the "0" which was unknown: 👉 Venice (another prominent Maritime Republic in the Mediterranean, longtime rival of Pisa) later named this figure as "zero".

The #FibonacciSequence (today denoted as "Fn") is a sequence of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...)
Later studies confirmed that this sequence can be found everywhere in nature 🌳 and applied in all fields of life, from physics, to medicine, to economy...

The Fibonacci Sequence was often applied in Cassical Music too, by "translating" numbers into notes which resulted in repeating the same sequence after 16 notes... uncountable examples can be found in modern music too, especially in Progressive Rock.
This track👇🎧 is presented as one of today examples, Lateralus by #Tool: I'm not a musician so I confess I don't quite get it, but I'm sure some musician here can help.

#VeniceHistory #MusicHistory #MaritimeRepublic
https://youtu.be/Y7JG63IuaWs

📜15 January 1623

400 years ago Paolo Sarpi passed away in his birthplace, Venice.
One of those historical figures noone knows and remembers about, perhaps because his main activity was the pensatore ("the man who thinks").

#PaoloSarpi was a Venetian historian, prelate and statesman who spent his life defending the freedom of thought and speech of the Venetian Republic in defiance of the Papal interdict 💪🏻
Venice was in fact a Republic founded on secularism, it was of course a Catholic city as everywhere in #Italy, but never accepted religious interferences on government of public life!
As a defender of the liberties and proponent of the separation of Church and State, Sarpi got famous all over Europe as a hero of republicanism, later cited as an influential figure by philosophers of The Enlightenment!

Paolo Sarpi was friend to leaders of the "Scientific Revolution", such as Francis Bacon, William Harvey and most notably patron to
👉 Galileo!

📸☝️Paolo Sarpi statue in Venice
#15January #VeniceHistory

📜25 January 1348
A big "terremoto" (earthquake) probably the most devastating in #VeniceHistory, hits the city and all North East #Italy.
The earthquake caused 10 consecutive days of Acqua Granda (flood) and accelerated the spread of the "Peste Nera" (Black Plague).
Venice, at the time inhabited by 100.000 people lost 3 quarters of its population that year! 😱
The 25th of January became known for centuries among Venetians as “San Paolo del terremoto” (after the Saint of the day).

From a local chronicle in those days:
“Fu così grande che scorlò tutta la città in modo tale che le campane sonavano da per loro, et caderono in terra i campanili di S. Silvestro, S. Vidal, S. Giacomo dall’Orio, S. Anzolo et la fazzada della chiesa di S. Basilio. Durò diese giorni continui e tutto il popolo stava con grandissimo spavento”.

#25January #Earthquake #HighWater #VeniceFlood

📜26 January 1699
The Treaty of Karlowitz was signed in today's Serbia between the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire.
The Treaty ended the 16 year long Great Turkish War and the new borders between European and Ottoman countries were agreed.

Venice, which played an important role in the sea war victories thanks to the amazing strategic wit of the Doge #FrancescoMorosini who never lost a single battle, gained dominion of coastal territories such as Dalmatia and Morea (= Greek Peloponnesus) in addition to the islands of Crete and Cyprus already controlled.

It was the maximum expansion ever for Venice Republic!
The new Venetian administration was split into 3 entities: the Dogado (Venice city and surroundings), the Stato de Tera (lands in Northern Italy and Istria) and the Stato de Mar (Adriatic and Mediterranean coasts and islands).

This dominion on the Adriatic and Mediterranean area lasted until 👉1797 when Napoleon came and put an end to the Serenissima Republic of Venice.

#26January #VeniceHistory

📜🧙‍♂🎸 For a channel called "Venice Rocks"... this could be the Find of the Year 🤘

#Symphonity #Rhapsody #MarcoPolo #VeniceHistory #WalkingTour
https://youtu.be/UXZ84xAgt3I

🎸 Something you don't expect when in Venice... hidden handcrafted guitar shops that keep alive the ancient lutherie tradition of the city 🪕🎻

#VeniceHistory #lutherie #artisans #VeniceGuitarShow

🗺 Mappa Mundi (completed in 1459).

In this year dedicated to Marco Polo (700th anniversary from his passing away here in Venice), read this amazing BBC article on the story of Fra' Mauro, a 15th century local monk who manually designed the greatest and most accurate World Map of the Middle Age (of course Americas were still missing)...

This astonishing masterpiece was only based on travel accounts and stories he read (mainly from #MarcoPolo and #PietroQuerini) and heard (from contemporary Venetian merchants and explorers), because #FraMauro never left in his lifetime his monastery on San Michele island, Venice ❤️‍🔥

Today you can visit this wonder in the Biblioteca Marciana in #SanMarco Square.
#MappaMundi
#VeniceHistory #VeniceArt

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240214-mappa-mundi-the-greatest-medieval-map-in-the-world

🎆 There's always a special birthday to celebrate in March here in Venice...

👉 Read some history here

#VeniceHistory

📜 Ever been to San Servolo island? One of the most incredible places to visit in Venice... a true hidden gem, recommended!

#SanServolo #VeniceHistory
https://imagesofvenice.com/the-island-of-san-servolo/

📜The route of #MarcoPolo explained 👍

#SilkRoad #VeniceHistory

📜 And of course the most important exhibition about #MarcoPolo this year is held in Venice most important place: Palazzo Ducale, The Doge's Palace in #SanMarco Square.
Just opened last weekend until September 29.

#VeniceHistory #VeniceEvents

🎸📜 #25September 1976.

The first ever Rock concert in Venice island took place in #SanMarco Square.
#PaulMcCartney and the Wings played in front of a local and international audience on the 10th anniversary of the 1966 terrifying flood that almost destroyed the city.

The concert was the final act of a series of events organized by Unesco to raise awarness on Venice fragility and donations to preserve the city.

Fun fact: the stage was built in the usual way of the time, like they were anywhere else in the world, the day after the pavement stones in San Marco square were damaged 😬

#VeniceHistory
https://youtu.be/dm1u7g-oxo8?si=2CBJjyezDLg88X-3

📜👉 The Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo, XXVI century palace in Venice, today dedicated to the history of textile, costumes and perfumes will host soon an exhibition on
👉 Giacomo Casanova
for the 300 anniversary of his birthday.
I'll post details when they are available.

#PalazzoMocenigo #Casanova #VeniceHistory #VeniceEvents

🦁 Wherever you go in North East #Italy, the Lion of San Marco, symbol of the past presence and domination of Venice, is always somewhere...
Look for it in places you visit 🦁

#VeniceHistory