Dogado

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Duchy of Venice
Dogado (
Lido
in the lagoon
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Traditional date of establishment
697
• Treaty of Campo Formio
17 October 1797
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Byzantine Empire
Habsburg Monarchy
Today part of Italy

The Dogado, or Duchy of Venice, was the homeland of the

Isonzo
to the east.

Apart from Venice, the

districts starting at the north: Grado, Caorle, Torcello, Murano, Malamocco, Chioggia, Loreo, Cavarzere and Gambarare (in Mira). In lieu of the earlier tribunes (elected by the people) and gastalds (corresponding with the Doge), during the Republic each district was led by a patrician with the title of podestà, with the exception of Grado, headed by a Count
.

It was one of the three subdivisions of the Republic's possessions, the other two being the Stato da Màr ("Sea State") and the Domini di Terraferma ("mainland domains").

Dogado was the equivalent of Ducato (duchy), the Italian city states that (unlike Venice) had a duke as hereditary head of state.

Bibliography

  • Da Mosto, Andrea: L'Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Biblioteca d'Arte editrice, Roma, 1937.
  • Mutinelli, Fabio: Lessico Veneto, tipografia Giambattista Andreola, Venezia, 1852.


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