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Venice: Pure CitySaint Mark replaces Saint Theodore as patron of the city. TENTH CENTURY 900: The lagoons are fortified. 928: The first mention of a Venetian glass-maker. ELEVENTH CENTURY End: Venice establishes itself as an autonomous state and a maritime republic. It develops into a strong naval power and builds an empire in the East, seizing the eastern shores of the Adriatic before 1200, and capturing many of the islands in the Aegean, including Cyprus and Crete. The Venetian Carnival is instituted. TWELFTH CENTURY 1100: Venice participates in the First Crusade. Early: The Arsenal is constructed. 1167: The first public loans are issued in Venice. 1171: Two great columns, one surmounted by Saint Theodore and the other by a lion, are erected in Saint MarkБЂ™s Square. 1178: Venice takes control of the Brenner Pass from Verona, and establishes an extensive empire on the Italian mainland or terra firma over the next four centuries. Late: The earliest surviving mention of a gondola. The great council, comprised exclusively of aristocratic families, is established ...» |
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