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Doge, chief magistrate of the republic of Venice from 697 to 1797. The doge was the highest official and originally wielded enormous power, until...

Doges' Palace (Steve Vidler/Leo de Wys, Inc.)

Doges' Palace, municipal building that was the centre for the administration of the Venetian state until the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797....

Venice (V. Lefteroff/Globe Photos, Inc.)

The area around Venice was inhabited in ancient times by the Veneti. According to tradition, the city was founded in ad 452, when the inhabitants of...

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- Italian Renaissance chief magistrate: the chief magistrate in Renaissance Venice or Genoa

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Doges' Palace, Venice (Steve Vidler/Leo de Wys, Inc.)

Doges' Palace, Venice

Doges’ Palace and Campanile of St Mark's, Venice (V. Lefteroff/Globe Photos, Inc.)

Doges’ Palace and Campanile of St Mark's, Venice

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