by Jan Morris
There’s romance for you! There’s the lust and dark wine of Venice! No wonder George Eliot’s husband fell into the Grand Canal.
Chronology
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During the first 800 years of their history the Venetians established their independence, founded their commercial supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean, and evolved their own system of aristocratic Government at home.
421 Traditional foundation of Venice
697 Election of first Doge
809 Pepin’s attack on Venice
829 Seizure of St Mark’s body
960 Dalmatians raid Venice
976 Basilica burnt
997 War against Dalmatians
997 ‘Marriage of the Adriatic’
1001 Otto III in Venice
1177 Pope Alexander II meets Barbarossa
1202 Fourth Crusade
1297 Establishment of patrician autocracy
Throughout the 14th century after the division of the Byzantine Empire, Venice was involved in a ding-dong struggle with her rival Genoa, against a background of political instability at home. It ended triumphantly in the climax of Venetian success.
1310 Tiepolo conspiracy
1335 Council of Ten instituted
1355 Doge Faliero beheaded
1373 Jews arrive in Venice
1380 Genoese surrender at Chioggia
With Genoa defeated, the Venetians looked inland, and by the middle of the 15th century had established a mainland Empire reaching almost to Milan. The fall of Constantinople, however, marked the beginning of their enfeeble-ment.
1403-5 Acquisition of Bassano, Belluno, Padua, Verona
1406 Death of Carrara
1421 birth of Gentile Bellini
1426 birth of Giovanni Bellini
1431 death of Carmagnola
1435 birth of Verrochio
1450 birth of Carpaccio
1453 Turks take Constantinople
1454 Acquisition of Treviso, Friuli, Bergamo, Ravenna
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During the last four centuries of her history, despite periods of astonishing artistic fertility, Venice declined in power and virility, her power whittled away in constant defensive wars against the Turks and by the rise of new commercial rivals in the West. By the middle of the 18th century her Empire was almost gone, and she subsided in carnival and garish excess towards her end as a State.
1457 Doge Foscari deposed
1472 birth of Giorgione
1479 birth of Sansovino
1480 birth of Palma Vecchio
1498 Annexation of Cyprus
1498 da Gama’s voyage to India
1508 League of Cambrai
1512 birth of da Ponte
1512 birth of Tintoretto
1513 birth of Paris Bordone
1518 birth of Palladio
1528 birth of Veronese
1539 Council of Three instituted
1544 birth of Palma Giovane
1571 Death of Bragadino
1574 Visit of Henry III of France
1580 birth of Longhena
1606 The Great Interdict
1607 Attempt on Sarpi’s life
1693 birth of Tiepolo
1697 birth of Canaletto
1702 birth of Longhi
1712 birth of Guardi
1751 Murazzi completed
1757 birth of Canova
1784 Campaign against the Barbary pirates
1797 French take Venice
1798 Venice ceded to Austria
1800 Papal Conclave in Venice
1806 Return of French to Venice
1814 Return of Austrians to Venice
1846 Railway causeway built
1848 Venetian revolution against Austria
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For nearly a century Venice has formed part of the Italian State. She is now a prefecture, the capital of a province, and the third port of Italy.
1866 Venice joins Italian Kingdom
1902 Collapse of Campanile
1915 Operations against Austria
1931 Road causeway built
1945 British Army enters Venice
1960 Construction of Marco Polo airport
Index
Map indices refer to the plan of Venice at the beginning of the book
G9 Accademia Bridge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
G9 Accademia Gallery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
ACTV (Azienda del Consorzio
Trasporti Veneziano) 1
Adda River 1
Addison, Joseph 1
Adige River 1, 2
Airport, Marco Polo 1, 2, 3
Alberoni, lagoon town 1, 2
Alexander III, Pope 1, 2
Alexander III, Tsar 1
Allen, Grant 1
Altino, mainland village 1
Andersen, Hans 1
E9 Angelo Raffaele, church 1
H9 Anglican Church (St George) 1
G9 Archives, State 1, 2, 3
Aretino, Pietro 1, 2
Aristotle (Rodolpho Fioravante) 1
Arius 1
I8 Armenians, Alley of the (Calle degli Armeni) 1
Arrow-Makers, Street of 1
M7 Arsenal, The 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Athanasius, St 1
Baedeker 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Balbi, Andrea 1
Balbi, Nicolo 1
Baldwin, Emperor of Jerusalem 1
Banca Giro 1
Barbari, Jacopo de’ 1
Barbaro, Admiral Marco 1
Barbaro family 1, 2
Bari 1
Barnabotti, The 1
Barrès, Maurice 1
Basaiti 1, 2
J8 Basilica of St Mark 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – 3, 13, 14, 15 – 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
K9 Basin of St Mark 1, 2, 3, 4
Beerbohm, Max 1
Bellini, Gentile 1, 2, 3, 4
Bellini, Giovanni 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Benchley, Robert 1
Bernardo, Pietro 1
Berri, Duchesse de 1
‘Biagio’ 1
Biennale, Venice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bismarck, Prince Otto von 1
Bonington, Richard 1
Bordone, Paris 1
Bosch, Hieronymus 1
I9 Bourse, The 1
Bragadino, Admiral Marcantonio 1, 2
Brenta River 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Breviaro Grimani 1
F8 Bridge of Fists (Ponte dei Pugni) 1, 2, 3
J8 Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) 1, 2, 3
J8 Bridge of Straw (Ponte della Paglia) 1, 2, 3, 4
F8 Bridge of the Honest Woman (Ponte di Donna Onesta) 1, 2
Brosses, Charles de 1
Brown, Horatio 1
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 1
Browning, Robert 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Brunswick, Duke of 1
J8 Bucintoro Rowing Club 1
Burano, island 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Byron, Lord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
I6 Ca’ d’Oro 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
G8 Ca’ Foscari 1, 2, 3, 4
G8 Ca’ Rezzonico 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Ca’ Romani 1
Cabot, John 1
Calerghi family 1
I8 Calle degli Armeni (Alley of the Armenians) 1
H8 Calle degli Assassini 1
Calle dei Frari 1
Calle delle Turchette 1
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br /> Calle Lunga San Barnaba 1
Calle Traghetto 1
Cambrai, League of 1, 2
Cammell, Charles 1
J8 Campanile of St Mark 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
E9 Campo Angelo Raffaele 1
E8 Campo dei Carmini 1
G7 Campo dei Frari 1
H4 Campo dei Mori 1, 2, 3
I8 Campo Manin 1, 2, 3
G7 Campo S. Agostin 1, 2, 3
H8 Campo S. Angelo 1
H7 Campo S. Aponal 1
F9 Campo S. Barnaba 1
I7 Campo S. Bartolomeo 1
I8 Campo S. Fantin 1
G6 Campo S. Giacomo dell’ Orio 1
I8 Campo S. Luca 1
F8 Campo S. Margherita 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
J7 Campo S. Maria Formosa 1
G6 Campo S. Maria Mater
Domini 1
G7 Campo S. Polo 1, 2, 3
G9 Campo S. Stefano 1, 2, 3
K8 Campo S. Zaccaria 1
G6 Campo S. Zan Degola 1, 2
J6 Campo S. Zanipolo 1, 2, 3
Canale Ex-Vittorio
Emmanuele III 1
Canale Orfano 1, 2
Canale S. Marco 1, 2, 3
Canaletto (Antonio Canal) 1, 2, 3, 4
E4 Cannaregio canal 1, 2
Cannaregio sestiere 1, 2
Canova, Antonio 1, 2, 3
Capote, Truman 1
Cappello, Bianco 1
Carmagnola (Francesco Bussone) 1
E8 Carmini, church (S. Maria del Carmelo) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
F8 Carmini, Scuola di 1
Caromani Fort 1
Carpaccio, Vittore 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Carrara, Novello 1
Casanova, Giacomo 1, 2, 3, 4
G5 Casino, Municipal (Palazzo Vendramin) 1, 2, 3, 4
I4 Casino degli Spiriti 1
Cason dei Sette Morti,
fishing-lodge 1
Casteletto, ex-brothel 1
Castellani faction 20, 1, 2
Castello sestiere 1, 2
Cavallino, lagoon shore 1, 2
Certosa, island 1
Chaplin, Charlie 1
Charles II, King of England 1
Charles V, Emperor of Spain
and Austria 1, 2
Charles VII, King of Spain 1
Chateaubriand, François 1, 2, 3
Chioggia, lagoon town 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Churchill, Sir Winston 1, 2
Cima da Conegliano 1, 2, 3, 4
Clement XIII, Pope 1
J8 Clock Tower 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Cobden, Richard 1
Cocteau, Jean 1
Colleoni, Bartolomeo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Commynes, Philippe de 1
Condulmer, Gabriele 1
G9 Conservatoire of Music (Palazzo Pisani) 1
Constanziaca, island 1
Contarini, Giovanni 1
Corbusier, Le 1
Cornaro, Caterina 1
Corot, Jean 1
J8 Correr Museum 1, 2
I10 Corte Catecumeni 1
Corvo, Baron (Frederick Rolfe) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Coryat, Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Council of Nicaea 1
Council of Ten 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Council of Three 1, 2, 3, 4
H7 Court of Appeal (Palazzo Grimani) 1
G9 Courtyard of the Duke Sforza 1
da Gama, Vasco 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
da Lezze, Antonio 1
da Ponte, Antonio 1, 2
Dandolo, Andrea 1
Dandolo, Doge Enrico 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
J8 Danieli Hotel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
d’Annunzio, Gabriele 1, 2, 3, 4
Dante Alighieri 1, 2, 3, 4
Diaghilev, Sergei 1, 2
Dickens, Charles 1, 2
Disraeli, Benjamin 1
B7 Docks, Venice 1
I9 Dogana, customs house 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
J8 Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
Donatello 1
Donato, St 1
Doria, Pietro 1
Dorsoduro sestiere 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Dufy, Raoul 1
Dürer, Albrecht 1, 2
Duse, Eleanora 1, 2, 3
Eliot, George 1, 2, 3
I7 Erberia, market 1
Erizzo, Doge Francesco 1
Erizzo family 1
Eugenius IV, Pope 1
Evelyn, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Excelsior Hotel, Lido 1
Faliero, Doge Marin 1, 2, 3, 4
Faliero family 1
Fantoni, Stefano 1
H8 Fenice Theatre 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Ferrara, Marchioness of 1
Film Festival 1, 2, 3, 4
F8 Fire station 1, 2
H8 Fish market 1
Fisher, Lord 1
J8 Florian’s café 1
17 Fondaco dei Tedeschi (Post Office) 1, 2
G5 Fondaco dei Turchi 1, 2, 3
Fondamenta delle Eremite 1
Fondamenta di Borgo 1
J5 Fondamento Nuove, quayside 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Fondamenta Sangiantoffetti 1
Fondi dei Sette Morti 1
Forlati, Professor 1
Foscari, Alvise 1
Foscari, Doge Francesco 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Foscari family 1
Foscarini, Antonio 1
Foscarini, Doge Francesco 1
Fourth Crusade 1, 2, 3
I6 Franchetti Museum 1
Francis, St 1
Francis II, Emperor 1
Franco, Veronica 1
F7 Frari, church (S. Maria Gloriosa) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Frederick I, Barbarossa,
Emperor 1
Frederick III, Emperor 1, 2
Freyberg, General 1
I8 Frezzeria, street 1
Fusina, mainland village 1, 2, 3
Galileo Galilei 1, 2
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 1
Gasworks, Municipal 1
Gautier, Théophile 1, 2
Gazzettino, newspaper 1
George, St 1, 2, 3
G10 Gesuati church (S. Maria del Rosario) 1
J5 Gesuiti, church (S. Maria Assunta) 1, 2, 3
F4 Ghetto 1, 2, 3, 4
Giocondo, Fra 1
Giorgione da Castelfranco 1, 2, 3, 4
Giovanni ΧΧΙII, Pope 1, 2
F11 Giudecca, island 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Giudecca Canal 1
Giustinian family 1, 2
I7 ‘Gobbo di Rialto’ 1
Goethe, Johann von 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Golden Book 1, 2, 3, 4
Goldoni, Carlo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
G7 Goldoni’s house 1, 2
Gorzkowsky, General 1
G8 Grand Canal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Grazia, Duca della 1
Gregory XVI, Pope 1
Grimani, Antonio 1
Grimani, Cardinal 1
Grimani, Count Filippo 1
Grimani family 1
Guardi, Francesco 1, 2, 3, 4
Guasto, Marchese del 1
Guggenheim, Peggy 1
Hare, Augustus 1, 2
I9 Harry’s Bar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Hemingway, Ernest 1, 2
Henry III, King of France 1, 2, 3
Henry VIII, King of England 1
Hitler, Adolf 1
J6 Hospital, Municipal 1
Howell, James 1, 2
Howells, W. D. 1, 2, 3
Hutton, Barbara 1
Hutton, Edward 1
Ibn Khaldum 1
Iesolo, lagoon town 1, 2
G8 International Centre of Art
and Costume (Palazzo Grassi) 1
International Festiva
l of
Contemporary Music 1, 2
International Film Festival 1, 2, 3, 4
Isonzo River 1
James, G. P. R. 1
James, Henry 1, 2
Jerome, St 1, 2, 3, 4
John the Baptist, St 1
John the Beheaded, St 1
John the Evangelist, St 1
Julian the Martyr, St 1
Justinian, Emperor 1
Knights of Malta, church of (S. Govanni) 1
Kokoschka, Oskar 1
G9 La Carità, ex-church 1, 2
La Grazia, island 1
La Lupa, lagoon fortress 1
Lama River 1
Law, John 1
I6 Law courts, Rialto 1, 2
Lawrence, D. H. 1
Lawrence, St 1
Leo ΧΙII, Pope 1
Liberi, Pietro 1
Lido, island 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Lido di Sottomarina, lagoon shore 1, 2, 3
F5 Lista di Spagna, street 1
Littorale di Cavallino, lagoon shore 1
Littorale di Pellestrina, island 1, 2
Livenza River 1
Lombardi brothers 1
Longfellow, Henry 1, 2
Longhena, Baldassare 1, 2, 3
Longhi, Pietro 1, 2
Loredan, Girolamo 1
Loredan family 1
Lotto, Lorenzo 1, 2
Lucas, E. V. 1
Lucy, St 1
Luke, St 1, 2
I9 Luna Hotel 1
Macaulay, Rose 1
H5 Maddalena, church 1
Madonna del Monte, island 1
H4 Madonna dell’ Orto, church 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Magistracy of the Water 1, 2
Magnus, St 1
Malamocco, lagoon town 1, 2, 3, 4
Manet, Edouard 1
Manin, Daniele 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Manin, Doge Ludovico 1
Mann, Thomas 1, 2
Mantegna, Andrea 1, 2
Mantua, Duke of 1, 2
J8 Marciana Library 1, 2
Marghera, lagoon fort 1
Marinetti, Emilio 1
Maritime docks 1
Mark, St 1, 2, 3, 40, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Mary Magdalene, St 1
Mazzorbo, island 1, 2
Mechitar, Abbot 1, 2
Mechitarist Fathers 1
Medici, Lorenzino de’ 1
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,
