Casa Venier is a small

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, a Germanic people **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Gothic alphabet, an alphabet used to write the Gothic language ** Gothic ( ...

-style palace on the north eastern side of

Campo Santa Maria Formosa Campo Santa Maria Formosa is a city square in the Castello, Venice, Castello district of Venice, Italy. Buildings around the square *Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa *Palazzo Priuli Ruzzini Loredan *Palazzo Morosini del Pestrin *Palazzi Donà *Casa ...

, adjacent to the complex of ''Palazzi Donà'' in the Sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy. Casa Venier

History

This house was built in the 15th century, and is most notable as being the birthplace of Doge

Sebastiano Venier Sebastiano Venier (or Veniero) (c. 1496 – 3 March 1578) was Doge of Venice from 11 June 1577 to 3 March 1578. He is best remembered in his role as the Venetian admiral at the Battle of Lepanto. Biography Venier was born in Venice around 1496. ...

, who led the Venetians during the

Battle of Lepanto The Battle of Lepanto was a naval warfare, naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League (1571), Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of t ...

in 1571. In 1971, the Italian navy placed a plaque on the house, commemorating the birthplace of this Admiral.Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at :it:Casa Venier; see its history for attribution.

References

Bibliography

*''Guide Italy - Venice and Milan'', Touring Editore, 2007. .

Venier Venier (, ) is a Venetian surname, derived from the Medieval name Venerius. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Venier, castellan of Scutari * Annibale Venier (born 1951), an Italian rower * Anton Venier, Austrian luger * Antonio Ve ...

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