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    The Doge's Palace (/doʊ(d)ʒɪzˈpælɪs/; Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main...
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    The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a historical building in Genoa, northern Italy. Once the home of the Doges of Genoa, it is now a museum...
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    clear the area. The rebuilding of the 9th-century Doge's palace also commenced in his time as Doge. The precise date of the various new buildings is not...
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    numerous doges to Genoa. While the doge's palace in Venice accumulated great furnishings and works of art over the years, in Genoa, each Doge was expected...
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    a number of serfs were granted to the doge. The doge's seat was placed in Eraclea: there the first Doge's Palace was built, the form of which is unknown...
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    examples of the style being secular. The best-known examples are the Doge's Palace and the Ca' d'Oro. Both feature loggias of closely spaced small columns...
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    connects the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte designed...
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    former prison in the Doge's Palace in Venice. The name of the prison refers to its position directly under the roof of the palace, which was covered with...
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    visible from almost every part of the city. The total restoration of Doge's Palace and of the Old Harbour, and the rebuilding of Teatro Carlo Felice, destroyed...
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    The Doge's Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore (in French: Le Palais Ducal vu de Saint-Georges Majeur) is a 1908 painting by Claude Monet that resides...
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  • refers four Venetian doges by name – Pietro Polani, Enrico Dandolo, Francesco Donato and Giovanni Delfino. "The Doge's Palace" refers to Europe in the...
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    purpose in the buildings lining the Molo, the embankment alongside the Doge's Palace. As the Council continued to increase in size in the early 14th century...
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  • Beeldenstorm, 1566 "Stille beeldenstorm" of Antwerp, 1581 Doge's Palace fire, 1576 El Pardo Palace fire, 1604 Russo-Swedish Deluge 1648-1667 Destruction of...
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  • gentleman thief". He is the first person to successfully steal from the Doge's Palace, and has been responsible for some of the most sensational art thefts...
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    Venetian Doges were restricted by law (unlike the Doges of the Republic of Genoa) to spend the rest of their lives inside the Doge's Palace complex and...
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    Council of Ten) and the adjoining Sala dei Tre Capi del Consiglio in the Doge's Palace, in the new rooms replacing those lost in the fire of 1547. His panel...
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    Mark's Square, and the Marciana Library in the Piazetta facing the Doge's Palace. From 1537 to 1588, Jacopo Sansovino and Vincenzo Scamozzi built the...
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    featuring Doge Leonardo Loredan, Doge's Palace, Venice The Virgin with Child and Saints adored by Doge Leonardo Loredan, by Vincenzo Catena, 1506, Doge's Palace...
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    presented to doge Leonardo Donato from the loggia of the Doge's Palace. A bell was most likely first installed in the tower during the tenure of Doge Vitale...
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  • metres) oil painting on canvas that dominates the main hall of the Doge's Palace, which hosted the Great Council of Venice. It is one of the largest...
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    A well-known example is the Molo in Venice. It is the site of the Doge's Palace and two pillars which form a gateway to the sea. It has been depicted...
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    are numerous attractions in Venice, such as St Mark's Basilica, the Doge's Palace, the Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco. The Lido di Venezia is also...
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    one candidate, finally electing the new Doge of the Republic. Republic of Genoa Genoa Doge of Genoa Doge's Palace, Genoa Piergiovanni, Vito. Norme, scienza...
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    of the 14th century Doge's Palace, Venice. He was executed for treason. By the end of the 13th century the existing Doge's Palace in Venice needed enlarging...
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    the chancellery within the Doge's Palace itself. Both books were kept in a chest in the Scrigno room of the Doge's Palace, inside a cupboard that also...
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    Venice's former governmental centre, with its long façade facing the Doge's Palace. Constructed between 1537 and 1588, it is considered the masterpiece...
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    architecture, remained far more heavily used than in other cities. The Doge's Palace was much rebuilt after fires, but mostly behind the Gothic facades....
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    the Doge's Palace. After its damage by fire on 14 September 1483, he redesigned a new east wing on the courtyard, planned a new apartment for the Doge, and...
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    reflects the doge's rule of several federated townships and clans. After defeating Croatia and conquering some Dalmatian territory in 1000, Doge Pietro II...
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    public access. The Doge's Palace, overlooking Piazza Matteotti with its neoclassical facade, was for centuries the seat of the doge of the Republic of...
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