Domenico Pizzamano

Domenico Pizzamano never expected to end up in prison.

A nobleman should not be in prison, unless a traitor to the Republic. It was simply not the order of things.

And he was no traitor. He had done his duty to the Republic and to his class, ever since he had embarked on a Venetian galley at the age of eleven. Last year, when the Superintendent of the Lagoon had asked for volunteers in the defence of the city against Napoleon, he had stood up, along with little more than a dozen other noblemen.

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Read more here: https://venetianstories.com/venetian-story/domenico-pizzamano/

The death of an island

Full post here. https://rene.seindal.dk/2013/10/30/the-death-of-an-island/

The island Madonna del Monte, aka Madonna del Rosario, is a small island in the Venetian lagoon, located on the canal which connects Murano and Burano.

It is dying a slow death.

The islands housed a monastery for a period in the Middle Ages, but then lay abandoned for centuries, until another monastery was founded in the early 18th century. It lasted just one century before being closed and demolished by Napoleon, like so many other monasteries.

In the 19th century it was used for gunpowder storage, and the current building dates from this period.

It is now suffering from death by waves.

It once had a perimeter wall, but the intense motor traffic on the nearby canal has caused that wall to crumble and little of anything is now visible to the casual visitor.

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The fortress of Sant’Andrea

The Fortress of Sant'Andrea — in the Venetian lagoon not far from Venice — is a unique example of Renaissance military architecture and engineering. It is also a show-piece, to put the might and wealth of the Venetian state on display for everybody to see.

The fortress was a part of the defences of Venice from a surprise naval attack, and later ongoing conflicts with the Ottoman Turks kept the fear of naval incursions into the lagoon alive.

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Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/the-fortress-of-santandrea/

San Francesco del Deserto

San Francesco del Deserto is a small island in the northern part of the Venetian Lagoon, not far from Burano. It is, since 1228, home to a Franciscan monastery.

Francesco d'Assisi spent time on the island in 1220, on his way back from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Most travellers found passage on merchant ships, and Francesco returned towards Italy on a ship headed for Torcello.

Torcello was a major harbour and the seat of the oldest archbishopric in the lagoon. It is therefore not odd that his journey took him by the Venetian Lagoon.

Francesco was already venerated as a saint by many, so crowds gathered where he went, and he couldn't find peace and quiet for prayer and contemplation.

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Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/san-francesco-del-deserto/

Map of the lagoon islands

This is a map of the islands discussed in the article on the Venetian Lagoon and its islands. Not every miniscule island is on the map, but the important ones are.

The colours are green for public access; orange, accessible but with permission; red is inaccessible; blue abandoned; and black means lost.

The map is interactive, so you can zoom and pan around it. Clicking on a marker will show a bubble with a link to eventual articles about the island.

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Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/map-of-lagoon-islands/

The Venetian Lagoon

The Venetian lagoon is much more than just a natural area around the city of Venice. The Venetian state, and the city of Venice itself, only existed because of the lagoon.

The lagoon provided protection from foreign invaders in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, the lagoon provided salt, which was the first major industry in Venice, and food. It was a safe harbour for the merchant ships of the Venetians, connected to good rivers for transporting the goods further on.

The lagoon was the sine qua non of Venice, both as a city and as a nation.

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Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/the-venetian-lagoon/

A Chronology of the Lazzaretto Nuovo

A chronology of the Lazzaretto Nuovo, the first permanent quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1468 by the Republic of Venice.

#HistoricalEvents #TheLazzarettiOfVenice #ChronologyOrTimelines #LagoonIslands #Plague #PlagueIslands #Venezia #Venice

https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/06/a-chronology-of-the-lazzaretto-nuovo/

Lazzaretto Vecchio

Lazzaretto Vecchio was the first stable hospital and quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1423 by the Republic of Venice.

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https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/03/lazzaretto-vecchio/

A Chronology of Lazzaretto Vecchio

Lazzaretto Vecchio was the first stable hospital and quarantine station for the bubonic plague in the world, founded in 1423 by the Republic of Venice.

#HistoricalEvents #TheLazzarettiOfVenice #ChronologyOrTimelines #LagoonIslands #Plague #PlagueIslands #Quarantine #Venezia #Venice

https://historywalksvenice.com/2023/03/a-chronology-of-lazzaretto-vecchio/