Venice--the Queen of the Adriatic

by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

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Author: Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916
Title: Venice : The queen of the Adriatic
Original Publication: Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1893.
Credits: Al Haines
Language: English
LoC Class: DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta
Subject: Venice (Italy)
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 71915
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71915
Release Date: October 19, 2023
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.Venice — CHAPTER I. TO-DAY AND LONG AGO. — CHAPTER II. A SUMMER DAY. — CHAPTER III. THE DOGES: THEIR POWER AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. — CHAPTER IV. THE VENETIANS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. — CHAPTER V. MODERN PROCESSIONS AND FESTIVALS. — CHAPTER VI. GRADENIGO, TIEPOLO, AND THE COUNCIL OF TEN. — CHAPTER VII. MURANO AND THE GLASS-MAKERS. — CHAPTER VIII. MARINO FALIERO; VETTORE PISANI AND CARLO ZENO. — CHAPTER IX. BURANO AND TORCELLO. — CHAPTER X. THE TWO FOSCARI; CARMAGNOLA AND COLLEONI. — CHAPTER XI. AN AUTUMN RAMBLE. — CHAPTER XII. VENETIAN WOMEN: CATERINA CORNARO, ROSALBA CARRIERA. — CHAPTER XIII. THE ARCHIVES OF VENICE. — CHAPTER XIV. THE TREASURES OF THE PIAZZA. — CHAPTER XV. GLORY, HUMILIATION, FREEDOM. — CHAPTER XVI. SAINTS AND OTHERS. — CHAPTER XVII. HISTORIANS AND SCHOLARS. — CHAPTER XVIII. PALACES AND PICTURES. — CHAPTER XIX. THE ACCADEMIA; CHURCHES AND SCUOLE. — INDEX.

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