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...It had a [[Grand Council]], like that of Venice, but from the [[thirteenth century]] Murano was ultimately governed by a [[podesta]] from Venice. Unlike the ...nown for [[chandelier]]s. Although decline set in during the [[eighteenth century]], glassmaking is still the island's main industry.

...nd was probably settled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and in the [[sixth century]] was occupied by people from [[Altino]], who named it for one of the gates ...ace was soon exported across Europe, but decline began in the [[eighteenth century]] and the industry did not revive until [[1872]], when a school of lacemaki

...e from [[St. Lazarus]], patron saint of lepers. Abandoned in the sixteenth century, in [[1717]] it was given by the ruling council of Venice to a group o ...gual presses, which, sadly, shut down in 1991, although an eighteenth century [[printing press]] may still be seen. S. Lazzaro houses a 150,000-volu

Until the application of the [[steam engine]] to ships in the early [[19th century]], oars propelled [[galley]]s or the wind propelled [[sailing ship]]s. ...Battle of Actium]]. The use of large numbers of [[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability took second place to broadside weight; this le

"An eighteenth century villa with ultramodern décor and cutting edge technology." This is how Mau

...om 960-963. Italian was first formalized in the first years of the [[14th century]] through the works of [[Dante Alighieri]], who mixed southern Italian lang ...e Vulgari Eloquentia]]'' and a renewed interest in linguistics in the 16th century sparked a debate which raged throughout Italy concerning which criteria sho

...nal art from the past two centuries. Viennese art from the early twentieth century is well-represented in the permanent collection "Vienna around 1900 and the ...r used to be the most prominent Viennese architect at the turn of the 20th Century. Two museums are dedicated to his work. At the '''Wagner Villa''' [http://w

...|350px|A depiction of Boetius teaching his students (1385). Boetius, a 6th century Christian philosopher, helped keep alive the classic tradition in post-Roma ...rature|Provençal poems]], such as the Marchese [[Alberto Malaspina]] (12th century), Maestro [[Ferrari Ferrara]], [[Cigala of Genoa]], [[Zorzi of Venice]], [[

...|350px|A depiction of Boetius teaching his students (1385). Boetius, a 6th century Christian philosopher, helped keep alive the classic tradition in post-Roma ...rature|Provençal poems]], such as the Marchese [[Alberto Malaspina]] (12th century), Maestro [[Ferrari Ferrara]], [[Cigala of Genoa]], [[Zorzi of Venice]], [[