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Giacomo Foscarini
Giacomo Foscarini (5 April 1523 – 25 January 1603), also spelled Jacopo Foscarini, was a merchant, statesman and admiral of the Republic of Venice. He made his fortune as a trader in Paris and London before entering politics in 1559. During the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573), he served as governor of Venetian Dalmatia, Dalmatia and Venetian Albania, Albania and then Captain General of the Sea. From 1574 to 1578, he was the governor of Kingdom of Candia, Crete with extraordinary powers. He reached the peak of his influence in Venice after his election as a Procurator of Saint Mark in 1580. He served a second term as Captain General in 1594. Family Foscarini was born on 5 April 1523 in Santa Sofia, Venice. His father, Alvise di Andrea Foscarini, belonged to the Santa Fosca, Venice, Santa Fosca branch of the Venetian nobility, patrician . His mother, Marietta, belonged to the Donà family. He was the firstborn of fifteen children. On 26 November 1556, Foscarini married Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Dei Carmini (Venice) - Monumento Funebre A Jacopo Foscarini
Santa Maria dei Carmini, also called Santa Maria del Carmelo and commonly known simply as the Carmini, is a large Roman Catholic church in the sestiere, or neighbourhood, of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy. It nestles against the former ''Scuola Grande di Santa Maria del Carmelo'', also known as the ''Scuola dei Carmini''. This charitable confraternity was officially founded in 1597, and arose from a lay women's charitable association, the ''Pinzocchere dei Carmini''. The members of this lay group were associated as tertiaries to the neighbouring Carmelite monastery. They were responsible for stitching the scapulars for the Carmelites. History The church originally was called Santa Maria Assunta, and first dated to the 14th century (circa 1348). page338. The brick and marble facade contains sculpted lunettes by Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Cappello
Antonio Cappello (1494-1565) was a Venetian noble, a member of the San Polo branch of the . A Procurator of St Mark's, he acted as ambassador to the court of Charles V at Gand, but is mainly remembered for his role as one of the main promoters of public art and architectural projects in sixteenth-century Venice. He resided in the palazzo on San Polo now known as Ca Cappello Layard and oversaw its redevelopment. Political beginnings He was born approximately in 1494, the son of Giambattista of Marino Cappello, a merchant and a nobleman, and Paola Garzoni, daughter of Marino Garzoni, who had been prominent in politics as '' procuratore de Citra'', ''podestà'' of Verona, ''podestà'' of Mantua and finally duke of Candia. Antonio Cappello began his political career at a young age. In 1511 he was vice-''podestà'' of Cologna Veneta, in 1515 an official at the ''Dogana da Mar'' - the maritime customs office- and in 1516, with a donation to the Republic of 200 ducats, he secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savio Di Terraferma
The or () was a board of five senior magistrates of the Republic of Venice, initially charged with the defence of the Republic's possessions in the Italian mainland (). Gradually they assumed specific roles pertaining to the supervision of public finances (the ), the military administration (the and ), state ceremonies (the ), and urgent matters (the ). Establishment The were established , as part of the Republic's expansion into the Veneto and Lombardy, and its military confrontation with the Duchy of Milan over hegemony in northern Italy. They were probably the direct descendants of the extraordinary that were elected in 1412 for the pursuit of the war. In 1432, the became members of the Venetian Senate. Composition They were five in number, and sat on the Full College (), the Republic's effective cabinet. As with other higher magistracies of Venice, restrictions were placed on the eligibility to the office: the members were elected from the Venetian Senate, served a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona
Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, northeastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of and has a population of 714,310 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in Northern Italy because of its artistic heritage and several annual fairs and shows as well as the Opera, opera season in the Verona Arena, Arena, an ancient Ancient Rome, Roman Amphitheatre, amphitheater. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the city was ruled by the Scaliger, della Scala family. Under the rule of the family, in particular of Cangrande I della Scala, the city experienced great prosperity, becoming rich and powerful and being surrounded by new walls. The della Scala era is preserved in numerous monuments around Verona. Two of William Shakespeare's plays are set in Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; ) is a city and communes of Italy, commune in the region of Veneto, Northeast Italy, the capital of the province of Rovigo, eponymous province. Geography Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of Padua, and on the Adigetto Canal. The ''comune'' of Rovigo extends between the rivers Adige and Tartaro-Canalbianco, Canal Bianco, west of the Adriatic Sea, except the ''frazione'' of Fenil del Turco that extends south of the Canal Bianco. Polesine is the name of the low ground between the lower courses of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po and the sea; the derivation of the name is much discussed, generally applied only to the province of Rovigo, but is sometimes extended to the near towns of Adria and Ferrara. History Rovigo (both ''Rodigium'' and ''Rhodigium'' in Latin script) appears to be first mentioned in a document from Ravenna dating April 24, 838; the origin of the name is uncertain. In 920 it was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podestà
(), also potestate or podesta in English, was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of central and northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. Sometimes, it meant the chief magistrate of a city-state, the counterpart to similar positions in other cities that went by other names, e.g. ('rectors'). In the following centuries up to 1918, the term was used to designate the head of the municipal administration, particularly in the Italian-speaking territories of the Austrian Empire. The title was taken up again during the Fascist regime with the same meaning. The 's office, its duration and the residence and the local jurisdiction were called , especially during the Middle Ages, and in later centuries, more rarely during the Fascist regime. Currently, is the title of mayors in Italian-speaking municipalities of Graubünden in Switzerland, but it is not the case for the Canton of Ticino, which uses the title (the same curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savio Alla Mercanzia
The () was a magistracy of the Republic of Venice responsible for the oversight of trade and manufacturing. History The magistracy was established for the first time, as an interim measure, in 1506,For the decree of their establishment, cf. . but was made permanent in 1517. The remit of the was from the beginning very broad, covering all aspects of overland or seaborne trade. The board was tasked with proposing laws to the Full College, reviewing the taxes levied by the and the , and supervising all officials dealing with merchant goods. Along with the and the , the formed a college responsible for setting customs dues on imports and exports. The magistracy's authority was soon extended to cover wages (1540), the Levantine Jews of the Ghetto of Venice (1541), jurisdiction over the Fondaco dei Tedeschi The ''Fondaco dei Tedeschi'', a historic building in Venice, Italy, is situated along the Grand Canal, close to the iconic Rialto Bridge. It was a hostel and a warehouse fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venetian Senate
The Senate (), formally the ''Consiglio dei Pregadi'' or ''Rogati'' (, ), was the main deliberative and legislative body of the Republic of Venice. Establishment The Venetian Senate was founded in 1229, or less likely shortly before that date. Its creation was both the result of the rising predominance of the aristocratic element in the Republic, and of the necessity to govern a territory that was much more extensive than the earlier Dogado and still expanding at a rapid rate. The Senate originated as a select committee of sixty men, chosen by the Great Council, to deliberate on decrees concerning taxation, commerce, foreign policy, and military operations, instead of the far larger, and more unwieldy, Great Council. Hence, it was initially named the council of the or , while the name of 'Senate' was only applied to it in the late 14th century, under the influence of Renaissance humanism. Membership Initially it was junior to another similar committee, the Council of Forty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonta (Republic Of Venice)
In the Republic of Venice, a ''zonta'' was an extraordinary group of patricians chosen to serve alongside the elected members of the governing councils of the Republic. The purpose of this measure was as a constitutional safeguard against the accumulation of power by individuals, and to broaden the decision-making circles on important issues. The term is the Venetian variant of , 'addition'. The purpose of the institution was to prevent corruption and autocratic tendencies in the governing councils such as the powerful Council of Ten, but, since its members were typically chosen among patricians who had not been elected to one of these councils, it was also a "'constitutional shortcut' for those noblemen who wished to actively participate in the Venetian oligarchy but had not achieved the necessary backing". ''Zonta''s existed for the Council of Ten—originally 20 men, after 1529 reduced to 15, but the number could vary; the Venetian Senate The Senate (), formally the ''Consig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provveditore Alla Sanità
The Italian title ''prov ditore'' (plural ''provveditori''; also known in ; ), "he who sees to things" (overseer), was the style of various (but not all) local district governors in the extensive, mainly maritime empire of the Republic of Venice. Like many political appointments, it was often held by noblemen as a stage in their career, usually for a few years. Adriatic home territory *In the Stato di Terraferma, the continental part of northern Italy acquired by Venice, mainly in the 15th century, they were appointed in considerable number as part of a complex hierarchical structure, including territories (the upper level), '' podesterias, capitanatos, vicariatos'', ecclesiastical and private jurisdictions etc. Overseas territories (Stato da Mar) Some were Venetian possessions much earlier, but no data on the style of their governors exist; most were lost to the Ottoman Empire. Eastern Adriatic *On the Istria peninsula, a further territorio (now partly in Slovenia), e.g. Pola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Ragazzoni
Giacomo () is an Italian given name corresponding to English James. It is the Italian version of the Hebrew name Jacob. People bearing the name include: *Giacomo Acerbo (1888–1969), Italian economist and Fascist politician *Giacomo Agostini (born 1942), Italian motorcycle road racer *Giacomo Antonelli (1806–1876), Italian cardinal *Giacomo Aragall (born 1939), Catalan tenor *Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), Italian painter *Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507–1573), Italian Mannerism architect *Giacomo Beltrami (1779–1855), Italian jurist, author, and explorer *Giacomo Biffi (1928–2015), Italian cardinal * Giacomo Bonaventura (born 1989), Italian footballer *Giacomo Boni (archaeologist) (1859–1925), Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture *Giacomo Boni (painter) (1688–1766), Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa * Giacomo Brodolini (1920–1969), Italian politician *Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674), Italian Baroque composer *Gia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
