Venice and Its Story

“They might chirp and chaffer, come and go For pleasure or profit, her men alive-- My business is hardly with them I trow, But with the empty cells of the human hive; --With the...

Some prefer the pure design: Give me my gorge of colour, glut of gold In a glory round the Virgin made for me! Titian’s the man, not monk Angelico Who traces you some timid chal...

One of the most remarkable figures of mediæval history is that of Robert Guiscard, son of a poor Norman knight, who with a handful of military adventurers carved out for himself...

In the eyes of Italian and European statesmen, Venice at the death of Doge Foscari seemed mightier than ever, but in truth she had already passed the meridian of her strength an...

But Venice was yet in the full vigour and buoyancy of lusty manhood, and nerved herself to regain her lost position. Alone among the Italian states she was able to evoke a ferve...

When the Great Council met in 1328 after Soranza’s death the oldest member rose, and after uttering praises of the late Doge and lamentations at his death, exhorted all around t...

An immediate outburst of creative energy was the result of the victory. Angelo Participazio was chosen Doge and according to precedent associated his son with him. He set himsel...

“August pleasant Dandolo Worshipping hearts about him for a wall, Conducted blind eyes hundred years and all Through vanquished Byzant, where friends note for him What pillar, m...

“Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!... Alas, alas that great city, where...

In June of the next year the venerable and faithful Doge Andrea Contarini was laid to rest in the cloister of S. Stefano, and Michele Morosini was elected in his stead. Morosini...

Of the original home of the earliest settlers in that province of North Italy known to the Latins as Venetia, little can be told with certainty. Historians and antiquarians are...

“O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea which art a merchant of the people for many isles, ... thou hast said: I am of perfect beauty. Thy borders are in the midst of t...

The Easter of 1214, falling in a year of general peace and prosperity in Italy, was celebrated by many great festivals. The Trevisans had sent invitations to the whole surroundi...