Dogado
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Duchy of Venice Dogado ( Lido in the lagoon | |||||||||
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Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Traditional date of establishment | 697 | ||||||||
• Treaty of Campo Formio | 17 October 1797 | ||||||||
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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.