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Antonio Molino
Antonio Molino (), called Burchiella,; . was a Republic of Venice, Venetian actor, musician and poet of the Renaissance. Life The date and place of Molino's birth are unknown. Since he claimed to be over seventy years old in 1568, he was probably born between 1495 and 1497. Documentary evidence for his life is almost nonexistent. The most important source is his personal friend, Lodovico Dolce, who wrote introductions to his works. According to Dolce, Molino was a citizen of Venice in 1561. He is also listed as one of the twelve conservators of the Accademia degli Uniti (founded 1551), whose membership was limited to the Venetian nobility. Dolce records that Molino received a typical nobleman's education in dance and song, learning to play the viol and lute. He traveled to Corfu and Crete as a merchant, where he encountered the Greek language. He may have been in Corfu in 1526–1527. Upon his return to Venice, he founded a musical academy with the organist Giovanni Armonio Marso, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Venice
The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and Maritime republics, maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto, over the course of its History of the Republic of Venice, 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the major European commercial and naval powers. Initially extended in the ''Dogado'' area (a territory currently comparable to the Metropolitan City of Venice), during its history it annexed a large part of Northeast Italy, Istria, Dalmatia, the coasts of present-day Montenegro and Albania as well as numerous islands in the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and eastern Ionian Sea, Ionian seas. At the height of its expansion, between the 13th and 16th centuries, it also governed Crete, Cyprus, the Peloponnese, a number of List of islands of Greece, Greek islands, as well as several cities and ports in the eastern Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
