Tag: 1200s
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Jacopo Tiepolo
Doge Jacopo Tiepolo (1229–1249) left marks on Venice which we can still see today, eight centuries later.
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The Castle of Love
In 1215, Venice and Padua fought a war for one of the silliest reasons imaginable: a brawl during a game of Castle of Love.
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The Venetian constitution
The constitution of the Republic of Venice never really existed. The Venetian nobility just made it up as they went.