Nevertheless, for Contarini, a lawmaker and diplomat, his beloved Republic of Venice offered an alternative: a dazzling and enduring model of self-government.

As it's known, the Most Serene Republic of Venice, that mighty maritime state born in the 8th century (independent since the 9th) and lasting until the late 18th century, was governed by a series of ...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Venice’s Grand Canal scolds passengers to sit still and frets over being shorted the bargain 2 ...

A major contribution to the history of political ideas, the book had considerable influence on the thinking of later political theorists, including some of the Founding Fathers, who looked to Venice ...

A Maritime Republic (1973) is the standard older history. See also Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan, Venice Triumphant. The Horizons of a Myth , trans. Lydia Cochrane (2002) and Garry Wills, Venice: Lion City.

The Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale), a masterpiece of Gothic architecture situated in San Marco, formerly served as the seat of the Venetian government ... Republic. One of Venice’s most ...

When it felt like it,this government was capable of intimidating anyone, ... At age 73, Casanova died in 1798, a year after the Republic of Venice fell to Napoleon Bonaparte.