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    Francesco Foscari (19 June 1373 – 1 November 1457) was the 65th Doge of the Republic of Venice from 1423 to 1457. His reign, the longest of all Doges...
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    built for the doge Francesco Foscari in 1453, and designed by the architect Bartolomeo Bon. It is now the main seat of Ca' Foscari University of Venice...
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    its peak in the 14th–15th centuries, culminating in the dogeship of Francesco Foscari (1423–1457). According to family tradition, they originated from the...
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    I due Foscari (The Two Foscari) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1821 historical...
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    end with the abolition of the concio in 1423; after the election of Francesco Foscari, he was presented with the unconditional pronouncement – "Your doge"...
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    downfall of doge Francesco Foscari and his son Jacopo. Byron's play formed the basis of Verdi's opera I due Foscari. Jacopo Foscari, son of the Doge of...
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    the side of the building facing the lagoon. Only in 1424 did Doge Francesco Foscari decide to extend the rebuilding works to the wing overlooking the...
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    Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italian: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia), or simply Ca' Foscari, is a public research university and business school...
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  • Venice, but lost to his bitter rival Francesco Foscari; their rivalry was such that when Loredan died, Foscari was suspected of having poisoned him....
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    Francesco Morosini (26 February 1619 – 16 January 1694) was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. He was one of...
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    Nicolò and Alvise (Luigi) Foscari, members of a very famous patrician Venetian family. They are the descendants of Francesco Foscari, one of Venice's most...
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    Marino Faliero, who was beheaded for attempting to found a Lordship. Francesco Foscari, who expanded the dominions of the Republic into the mainland. Leonardo...
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    unrealised tomb for Titian) Federico Cornaro Doge Francesco Dandolo (in the chapter house) Doge Francesco Foscari (d. 1457) Jacopo Marcello Claudio Monteverdi...
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    Inquisitors of the Dead, a magistracy created after the death of Francesco Foscari, charged with investigating the final "account" of the doge. Perhaps...
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    continued in the same style, and work started in 1424 under the new Doge Francesco Foscari. The extended façade had reached the corner by 1438 and the point...
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    Morosini Antonio Venier 15th century Michele Steno Tommaso Mocenigo Francesco Foscari* Pasquale Malipiero Cristoforo Moro Nicolò Tron Nicolò Marcello Pietro...
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    Staircase revealed that the right side of the Foscari Arch, built under the dogates of Francesco Foscari and Cristoforo Moro and at the same time as the...
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    Morosini Antonio Venier 15th century Michele Steno Tommaso Mocenigo Francesco Foscari* Pasquale Malipiero Cristoforo Moro Nicolò Tron Nicolò Marcello Pietro...
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    Doge Francesco Foscari dell'8 luglio 1453", Orientalia Christiana Periodica 84.1 (2018), 99–132 (edition of a letter to Doge Francesco Foscari).  This...
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    communal revenues held at the Casa di San Giorgio.[citation needed] Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice (1423–1457) by Lazzaro Bastiani Portrait of Giovanni...
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  • Michele Steno, Doge (1400–1413) Tommaso Mocenigo, Doge (1413–1423) Francesco Foscari, Doge (1423–1457) Pasquale Malipiero, Doge (1457–1462) Cristoforo...
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    leader's lack of successes had lost much charisma: the Venetian doge Francesco Foscari was on the verge of resigning, while Cosimo de' Medici was imprisoned...
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    30, 1457 until his death. He succeeded Francesco Foscari, and was specifically elected by enemies of the Foscari family. In 1458, he signed into law a...
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    and Francesco Foscari enlarged the possessions to the disadvantage not only of the Scaligeri, but also of the Carraresi at Padua (Lord Francesco Novello...
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    Morosini Antonio Venier 15th century Michele Steno Tommaso Mocenigo Francesco Foscari* Pasquale Malipiero Cristoforo Moro Nicolò Tron Nicolò Marcello Pietro...
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  • Venetian admiral and administrator Francesco Foscari (1373–1457), the 65th Doge of the Republic of Venice Girolamo Foscari (1505–1563), Roman Catholic Bishop...
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    Morosini Antonio Venier 15th century Michele Steno Tommaso Mocenigo Francesco Foscari* Pasquale Malipiero Cristoforo Moro Nicolò Tron Nicolò Marcello Pietro...
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    Ottoman control, and despite Constantine writing to the Doge of Venice, Francesco Foscari, in October 1450, the Venetians were unconvinced and signed a formal...
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    Gritti was born on 17 April 1455 in Bardolino, near Verona. His father, Francesco, son of Triadano Gritti, died soon after, and his mother, Vienna, daughter...
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    Morosini Antonio Venier 15th century Michele Steno Tommaso Mocenigo Francesco Foscari* Pasquale Malipiero Cristoforo Moro Nicolò Tron Nicolò Marcello Pietro...
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