As the 18th century drew to a close, Europe bore witness to a Venice in turmoil and, ultimately, demise. The grand republic had been dissolved and dismembered under military pressure from Napoleon, with Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice, presiding over the patrician Great Council’s vote to abolish the 1100-year-old state. The French took […]
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