Republic of Venice

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city-state former sovereign state maritime republic merchant republic

The Republic of Venice was a powerful maritime city-state and commercial empire centered on Venice that dominated Mediterranean trade and politics for centuries until its fall in 1797.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Republic of Venice canonical 393
Venetian Republic 37
Venetian maritime empire 6

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city-state ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
maritime republic ⓘ
merchant republic ⓘ
alliedWith Papal States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Republic of Venice ⓘ
surface form: Most Serene Republic of Venice
capital Venice ⓘ
commonName Venice ⓘ
conqueredBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalInfluence Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance
currency Venetian ducat ⓘ
zecchino ⓘ
dissolutionYear 1797 ⓘ
dissolvedBy French First Republic ⓘ
dominantIn Mediterranean trade ⓘ
economicSystem commercial empire ⓘ
endDate 1797 ⓘ
executiveBody Council of Ten ⓘ
flag lion of Saint Mark ⓘ
surface form: Banner of Saint Mark
foundedBy Venetian communities ⓘ
governmentType aristocratic republic ⓘ
oligarchic republic ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
surface form: Doge of Venice
knownFor art and architecture ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
legalSystem Venetian law ⓘ
legislativeBody Great Council of Venice ⓘ
Venetian Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Venice
locatedIn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
majorIndustry banking ⓘ
glassmaking ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
memberOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
nativeName Republic of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia
navalPower major Mediterranean naval power ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Lepanto ⓘ
Fourth Crusade ⓘ
notablePort Candia ⓘ
Corfu ⓘ
Ragusa ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Venetian language ⓘ
surface form: Venetian
patronSaint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ
surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist
peakPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
politicalStatus independent state ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rival Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
shortName Venice ⓘ
surface form: La Serenissima
startDate 697 ⓘ
successorState Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
symbol lion of Saint Mark ⓘ
surface form: Lion of Saint Mark
territoryIncludes Crete ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Dalmatia ⓘ
Ionian Islands ⓘ
Istria ⓘ
Veneto ⓘ

Referenced by (449)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Cabot → countryOfOrigin → Republic of Venice ⓘ
John Cabot → citizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
John Cabot → birthPlace → Republic of Venice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Venice (commonly cited)
Italian Wars → participant → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Treaty of Campo Formio → dissolvedEntity → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Treaty of Campo Formio → partitionedTerritory → Republic of Venice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian Republic
Crete → conqueredBy → Republic of Venice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian Republic
Ionian Islands → historicalInfluence → Republic of Venice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian Republic
Northern Italy → historicallyPartOf → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Andrea Palladio → placeOfBirth → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Andrea Palladio → countryOfCitizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Long Turkish War → belligerent → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Enrico Caterino Davila → birthPlace → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Enrico Caterino Davila → deathPlace → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Enrico Caterino Davila → citizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Enrico Caterino Davila → employer → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Francesco Petrarca → countryOfDeath → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Mehmed II → interactedWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venetian Republic
Antonio Vivaldi → birthPlace → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Antonio Vivaldi → countryOfCitizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Claudio Monteverdi → countryOfCitizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Claudio Monteverdi → placeOfDeath → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Limassol Castle → controlledBy → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Battle of Lepanto → combatant → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Battle of Lepanto → holyLeagueMember → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Titian’s “Danaë” → countryOfOrigin → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Emperor Maximilian I → conflictWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Pope Pius V → alliedWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Great Turkish War → belligerent → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Great Turkish War → territorialChange → Republic of Venice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Venice gained the Morea (Peloponnese) temporarily
Treaty of Nijmegen → mediatedBy → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Latin Empire → alliedWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
El Greco → countryOfCitizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
El Greco → placeOfBirth → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Duchy of Milan → contestedBy → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Este → wasPartOf → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Cilician Armenia → tradePartners → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Papal States → diplomaticRelation → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Palaiologos dynasty → alliedWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary → sharesBorderWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Republic of Genoa → rival → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Republic of Genoa → coexistedWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Republic of Florence → alliedWith → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Titian → countryOfCitizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Titian → placeOfBirth → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Titian → placeOfDeath → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Desdemona (character) → workLocation → Republic of Venice ⓘ
subject surface form: Desdemona
Republic of Venice (local forces) → country → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Republic of Venice (local forces) → allegiance → Republic of Venice ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Antonelli → countryOfCitizenship → Republic of Venice ⓘ