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class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Venetian_language" title="Venetian language">Venetian</a>)</span><br /> <span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Κύπρος</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>)</span><br /><small><i>Kýprou</i></small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1489–1571</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Venetian_Cyprus.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Cyprus"><img alt="Coat of arms of Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Coat_of_arms_of_Venetian_Cyprus.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_Venetian_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="131" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_House_of_Lusignan_%28Kings_of_Armenia%2C_Cyprus_and_Jerusalem%29.svg/80px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_House_of_Lusignan_%28Kings_of_Armenia%2C_Cyprus_and_Jerusalem%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_House_of_Lusignan_%28Kings_of_Armenia%2C_Cyprus_and_Jerusalem%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_House_of_Lusignan_%28Kings_of_Armenia%2C_Cyprus_and_Jerusalem%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_House_of_Lusignan_%28Kings_of_Armenia%2C_Cyprus_and_Jerusalem%29.svg/160px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_House_of_Lusignan_%28Kings_of_Armenia%2C_Cyprus_and_Jerusalem%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="488" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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class="infobox-label">Captain General</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1570–1571 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marco_Antonio_Bragadin" title="Marco Antonio Bragadin">Marco Antonio Bragadin</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1489</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Disestablished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1571</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CY" title="ISO 3166-2:CY">CY</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Stemma_reale_di_Giano_di_Cipro.svg/20px-Stemma_reale_di_Giano_di_Cipro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Stemma_reale_di_Giano_di_Cipro.svg/30px-Stemma_reale_di_Giano_di_Cipro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Stemma_reale_di_Giano_di_Cipro.svg/40px-Stemma_reale_di_Giano_di_Cipro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="571" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cyprus" title="Kingdom of Cyprus">Kingdom of Cyprus</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Cyprus" title="Ottoman Cyprus">Ottoman Cyprus</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_007-CYPRVS_INSVLA.jpeg/150px-Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_007-CYPRVS_INSVLA.jpeg" decoding="async" width="150" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_007-CYPRVS_INSVLA.jpeg/225px-Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_007-CYPRVS_INSVLA.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_007-CYPRVS_INSVLA.jpeg/300px-Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_007-CYPRVS_INSVLA.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="5500" data-file-height="4295" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Cyprus" title="Prehistoric Cyprus">Prehistoric</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alashiya" title="Alashiya">Alashiya</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history_of_Cyprus" title="Ancient history of Cyprus">Ancient</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ten_city-kingdoms_of_Cyprus" title="Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus">Ten city-kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Cyprus" title="Roman Cyprus">Roman Era</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background: #eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Cyprus in the Middle Ages">Medieval</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_(theme)" title="Cyprus (theme)">Theme of 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:History_of_Cyprus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:History of Cyprus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The island of <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> was an <a href="/wiki/Stato_da_M%C3%A0r" title="Stato da Màr">overseas possession</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> from 1489, when the independent <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cyprus" title="Kingdom of Cyprus">Kingdom of Cyprus</a> ended, until 1571, when the island was <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman conquest of Cyprus">conquered</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Stato_da_M%C3%A0r" title="Stato da Màr">Stato da Màr</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition">Acquisition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Acquisition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Venice for centuries wanted to control Cyprus and Venetian merchants worked on the island beginning in 1000 AD, when the Venetian (commercial and military) expansion in the eastern Mediterranean had started. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Venetian desire for Cyprus was inspired mainly by profit. The Venetians saw Cyprus primarily as a military base. Anticipating conflict, they undertook an ambitious plan of fortification. Famagusta and Nicosia were ringed with massive earthworks, cased with stone. An outer wall was erected around Kyrenia castle, the gap being filled with earth to form an artillery rampart. The best military architects in Europe were brought in to design and execute these projects.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 1468, <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_Cyprus" title="James II of Cyprus">James II of Cyprus</a> of the house of <a href="/wiki/Lusignan" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusignan">Lusignan</a> became King of Cyprus. In 1468, he chose <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cornaro" title="Catherine Cornaro">Catherine Cornaro</a> (born in Venice from the noble family of the "Corner") as his wife and Queen consort of Cyprus. The King's choice was extremely pleasing to the Republic of Venice, as it could henceforth secure the commercial rights and other privileges of Venice in Cyprus. They married in Venice on 30 July 1468 by proxy when she was 14 years old. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Caterina_Coronaro_1542_uffizi_florence_Titian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Portrait_of_Caterina_Coronaro_1542_uffizi_florence_Titian.jpg/250px-Portrait_of_Caterina_Coronaro_1542_uffizi_florence_Titian.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Portrait_of_Caterina_Coronaro_1542_uffizi_florence_Titian.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="291" data-file-height="410" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a> <a href="/wiki/Caterina_Cornaro" class="mw-redirect" title="Caterina Cornaro">Caterina Cornaro</a>, the last medieval "Queen of Cyprus", by <a href="/wiki/Titian" title="Titian">Titian</a></figcaption></figure> <p>James died soon after the wedding due to a sudden illness and, according to his will, Caterina, who at the time was pregnant, acted as regent. She became monarch when their infant son <a href="/wiki/James_III_of_Cyprus" title="James III of Cyprus">James</a> died of <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a> in August 1474 before his first birthday. </p><p>The Kingdom of Cyprus had long since declined, and had been a tributary state of the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate_(Cairo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)">Mamluks</a> since 1426. Under Caterina, who ruled Cyprus from 1474 to 1489, the island was controlled by Venetian merchants, and on 14 March 1489 she was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the country to the Republic of Venice.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to George Boustronios, "On 14 February, the Queen dressed in black and accompanied by the Barons and their ladies, set off on horseback. Six knights held her horse's reins. From the moment she left <a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a>, her eyes kept streaming with tears. Upon her departure, the whole population was bewailing." So, the last <a href="/wiki/Crusader_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Crusader state">Crusader state</a> became a colony of Venice, and as compensation, Catherine was allowed to retain the title of Queen and was made the Sovereign Lady of <a href="/wiki/Asolo" title="Asolo">Asolo</a>, a county in the <a href="/wiki/Domini_di_Terraferma" title="Domini di Terraferma">Venetian <i>terraferma</i></a> in northern Italy, in 1489. </p><p>The bulk of Venetian Cyprus was composed of <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox">Greek Orthodox</a> peasants who were oppressed by the Latin ruling class (related to the former Lusignan kings), and it was estimated that there were some fifty thousand <a href="/wiki/Serfs" class="mw-redirect" title="Serfs">serfs</a>. Venice favored <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>, which thus enjoyed a huge increase in followers: there were some problems because of this with the local Greek Orthodox priests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contest_with_the_Ottoman_Empire">Contest with the Ottoman Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contest with the Ottoman Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg/400px-Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg/600px-Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg/800px-Nicosia_by_Giacomo_Franco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1241" data-file-height="716" /></a><figcaption>Map of Nicosia in Cyprus, created by the Venetian cartographer Giacomo Franco, showing the <a href="/wiki/Venetian_walls_of_Nicosia" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian walls of Nicosia">Venetian walls of Nicosia</a> that were built by the Venetians to defend the city in case of an Ottoman attack</figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout the period of Venetian rule, <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> Turks raided and attacked the peoples of Cyprus at will. The <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> population of Cyprus were given weapons by their Venetian rulers and fought the attacking Ottomans. </p><p>In 1489, the first year of Venetian control, Turks attacked the <a href="/wiki/Karpass_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Karpass Peninsula">Karpass Peninsula</a>, pillaging and taking captives to be <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Slavery in the Ottoman Empire">sold into slavery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_of_Congress_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library_of_Congress-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1539 the Turkish fleet attacked and destroyed <a href="/wiki/Limassol" title="Limassol">Limassol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Library_of_Congress_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Library_of_Congress-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fearing the ever-expanding Ottoman Empire, the Venetians had fortified <a href="/wiki/Famagusta" title="Famagusta">Famagusta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kyrenia" title="Kyrenia">Kyrenia</a>, but most other cities were easy prey. </p><p>In 1489, when Cyprus came under Venetian rule, Nicosia became their administrative center. The Venetian governors saw it as a necessity for all the cities of Cyprus to be fortified due to the Ottoman threat.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1567 Venetians built the new fortifications of Nicosia, which are well-preserved until today, demolishing the old walls built by the Franks as well as other important buildings of the Frankish era including the King's Palace, other private palaces and churches and monasteries of both Orthodox and Latin Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-nicosia.org.cy_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicosia.org.cy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Venetian_walls_of_Nicosia" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian walls of Nicosia">new walls</a> took the shape of a star with eleven bastions: the design of the bastion was more suitable for artillery and a better control for the defenders. The walls had three gates: the "<a href="/wiki/Kyrenia_Gate" title="Kyrenia Gate">Kyrenia Gate</a>" to the north, the "Paphos Gate" to the west, and the "Famagusta Gate" to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-nicosia.org.cy_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicosia.org.cy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river <a href="/wiki/Pedieos" title="Pedieos">Pedieos</a> flowed through the Venetian walled city, but in 1567 it was diverted outside into the newly built moat for strategic reasons, due to the expected Ottoman attack.<sup id="cite_ref-liminalzones.kein.org_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liminalzones.kein.org-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Venetians even modified Kyrenia Castle to meet the threat that the use of gunpowder and cannons posed. The castle's royal quarters and three of its four thin and elegant Frankish towers were demolished and replaced by thickset circular towers that could better withstand cannon fire. </p><p>Indeed, commercial activity under the Republic of Venice turned Famagusta into a place where merchants and ship owners led lives of luxury. The belief that people's wealth could be measured by the churches they built inspired these merchants to have churches built in varying styles. These churches, which still exist, were the reason Famagusta came to be known as "the district of churches". The development of the town focused on the social lives of the wealthy people and was centered upon the "Lusignan palace", the Cathedral, the Square and the harbour. </p><p>In the summer of 1570, the Turks struck again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid. About 60,000 troops, including cavalry and artillery, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Lala_Kara_Mustafa_Pasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha">Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha</a> landed unopposed near Limassol on July 2, 1570, and laid siege to <a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a>. The city fell on September 9, 1570; 20,000 Nicosians were put to death, and every <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a>, public building, and palace was looted.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Word of the <a href="/wiki/Massacre" title="Massacre">massacre</a> spread, and a few days later Mustafa took Kyrenia without having to fire a shot. The Venetian walls of Nicosia were incomplete and not useful in stopping this powerful Ottoman army, which was reinforced in the last months of 1570. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siege_of_Famagusta">Siege of Famagusta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Siege of Famagusta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Famagusta" title="Siege of Famagusta">Siege of Famagusta</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE.jpg/200px-%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="356" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marco_Antonio_Bragadin" title="Marco Antonio Bragadin">Marco Antonio Bragadin</a>, Venetian Captain-General of <a href="/wiki/Famagusta" title="Famagusta">Famagusta</a>, was gruesomely killed in August 1571 after the Ottomans took the city.</figcaption></figure> <p>However, Famagusta, strengthened by Cyprus' governor <a href="/wiki/Astorre_Baglioni" title="Astorre Baglioni">Astorre Baglioni</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resisted with the Siege of Famagusta and put up a strong defense that lasted from September 1570 until August 1571. </p><p>On 15 September 1570, the Turkish cavalry appeared before the last Venetian stronghold in Cyprus, Famagusta. At this point already, overall Venetian losses (including the local population) were estimated by contemporaries at 56,000 killed or taken prisoner.<sup id="cite_ref-Setton990_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Setton990-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Venetian defenders of Famagusta numbered about 8,500 men with 90 artillery pieces and were commanded by <a href="/wiki/Marco_Antonio_Bragadin" title="Marco Antonio Bragadin">Marco Antonio Bragadin</a>. They held out for 11 months against a force that came to number more than 200,000 men, with 145 guns,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> providing the time needed by the Pope to cobble together an anti-Ottoman league from the reluctant Christian European states.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Turks lost some 52,000 men in five major assaults in early 1571, until in summer the Venetians, despairing to receive any rescue from the homeland and on request from the local starving civilians, decided to surrender. In July 1571 the Turks eventually breached the fortifications of Famagusta and their forces broke into the citadel, being repulsed only at the cost of heavy losses. With provisions and ammunition running out, his soldiers able to fight reduced to just seven hundred and no sign of relief from Venice, on August 1<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bragadin asked for terms of surrender. The Turkish commander, Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, agreed to allow the survivors to safely return to <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, but he did not keep his word: he was enraged because of his older son's death attacking so few Venetian defenders. There followed a massacre of all Christians still in the city, with Bragadin himself most brutally abused.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>From a military point of view, the besieged garrison's perseverance required a massive effort by the Ottoman Turks, who were so heavily committed that they were unable to redeploy in time when the <a href="/wiki/Holy_League_(1571)" title="Holy League (1571)">Holy League</a> built up the fleet later victorious against the Muslim power at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto_(1571)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Lepanto (1571)">Battle of Lepanto (1571)</a>: this was the legacy of Bragadin and his Venetians to <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, as <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Mommsen" class="mw-redirect" title="Theodore Mommsen">Theodore Mommsen</a> wrote. Historians<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (June 2015)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> to this day<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (June 2015)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> debate just why Venice did not send help to Bragadin from <a href="/wiki/Souda" title="Souda">Souda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>. It is alleged that some Venetians thought about putting their limited military assets to better use in the forthcoming clash, already in sight, which would climax in the Battle of Lepanto.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The fall of Famagusta marked the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Cyprus" title="Ottoman Cyprus">Ottoman period in Cyprus</a>. It is noteworthy to pinpoint that this is the historical setting to <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Othello" title="Othello">Othello</a></i>, the play's title character being the commander of the Venetian garrison defending Cyprus against the Ottomans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_governors">List of governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The year given is the year of appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lieutenants_(luogotenenti)"><span id="Lieutenants_.28luogotenenti.29"></span>Lieutenants (<i>luogotenenti</i>)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lieutenants (luogotenenti)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>1489 – Francesco Barbarigo</li> <li>1491 – Girolamo Pesaro</li> <li>1493 – Giovanni Donato</li> <li>1495 – Andrea Barbarigo</li> <li>1497 – Cosimo Pasqualigo</li> <li>1500 – Andrea Venier</li> <li>1501 – Nicola Priuli</li> <li>1503 – Pietro Balbi</li> <li>1505 – Cristoforo Moro</li> <li>1507 – Lorenzo Giustiniani</li> <li>1509 – Nicola Pesaro</li> <li>1511 – Paolo Gradenigo</li> <li>1514 – Donato Marcello</li> <li>1516 – Fantino Michiel</li> <li>1518 – Alvise d'Armer</li> <li>1519 – Sebastiano Moro</li> <li>1522 – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Badoer_(1457%E2%80%931537)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giacomo Badoer (1457–1537)">Giacomo Badoer</a></li> <li>1523 – Domenico Capello</li> <li>1525 – Donato di Lezze</li> <li>1527 – Silvestro Minio</li> <li>1529 – Francesco Bragadino</li> <li>1531 – <a href="/wiki/Marcantonio_Trevisan" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcantonio Trevisan">Marcantonio Trevisan</a></li> <li>1533 – Stefano Tiepolo</li> <li>1535 – Giovanni Moro</li> <li>1536 – Domenico da Mosto</li> <li>1539 – Francesco Badoer</li> <li>1541 – Cristoforo Capello</li> <li>1543 – Luigi Riva</li> <li>1545 – Carlo Capello</li> <li>1547 – Vittorio Barbarigo</li> <li>1548 – Salvatore Michiel</li> <li>1550 – Alessandro Contarini</li> <li>1551 – Francesco Capello</li> <li>1553 – Marco Grimani</li> <li>1555 – Giambattista Donato</li> <li>1557 – Giovanni Renier</li> <li>1559 – Giovanni Barbaro</li> <li>1562 – Pietro Navagero</li> <li>1563 – David Trevisan</li> <li>1565 – Marino Gradenigo (died before arriving in Cyprus)</li> <li>1565 – Pandolfo Guoro</li> <li>1566 – Nicola Querini</li> <li>1566 – <a href="/wiki/Agostino_Barbarigo_(admiral)" title="Agostino Barbarigo (admiral)">Agostino Barbarigo</a></li> <li>1567 – Nicola Dandolo</li> <li>1569 – <a href="/wiki/Sebastiano_Venier" title="Sebastiano Venier">Sebastiano Venier</a></li> <li>1570 – Daniele Barbarigo (never arrived in Cyprus)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counsellors_(consiglieri)"><span id="Counsellors_.28consiglieri.29"></span>Counsellors (<i>consiglieri</i>)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Cyprus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Counsellors (consiglieri)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>1490 – Francesco Leone</li> <li>1492 – Bartolomeo Minio</li> <li>1493 – Lorenzo Contarini</li> <li>1494 – Ludovico Moro</li> <li>1494 – Roberto Venier</li> <li>1495 – Dona Rimondo</li> <li>1496 – Ambrogio Contarini</li> <li>1497 – Bartolomeo Pesaro</li> <li>1498 – Pietro Moro</li> <li>1500 – Nicola Pisani</li> <li>1501 – Nicola Corner</li> <li>1502 – Nicola Pesaro</li> <li>1503 – Antonio Morosini</li> <li>1504 – Girolamo Marin</li> <li>1505 – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Badoer_(1457%E2%80%931537)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giacomo Badoer (1457–1537)">Giacomo Badoer</a></li> <li>1506 – Pietro Basadonna</li> <li>1507 – Ludovico Contarini</li> <li>1507 – Pietro Loredan</li> <li>1508 – Donato di Lezze</li> <li>1508 – Alvise d'Armer</li> <li>1510 – Antonio Bon</li> <li>1510 – Nicola Corner</li> <li>1512 – Moise Leone (died before arriving in Cyprus)</li> <li>1512 – Marino Gritti</li> <li>1513 – Nicola Michiel</li> <li>1514 – Giovanni Dolfin</li> <li>1515 – Sebastiano Badoer</li> <li>1515 – Ludovico Corner</li> <li>1516 – Andrea Pesaro</li> <li>1516 – Francesco Malipiero</li> <li>1519 – Pietro Balbi</li> <li>1521 – Sebastiano Foscarini</li> <li>1522 – Domenico da Mosto</li> <li>1523 – Pietro Venier</li> <li>1524 – <a href="/wiki/Marcantonio_Trevisan" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcantonio Trevisan">Marcantonio Trevisan</a></li> <li>1526 – Marco Querini</li> <li>1526 – Girolamo Marcello</li> <li>1531 – Secondo Pesaro</li> <li>1531 – Bernardo Venier</li> <li>1533 – Marcantonio Calbo</li> <li>1533 – Marco Balbi</li> <li>1534 – Marcantonio Corner</li> <li>1535 – Francesco Bembo</li> <li>1536 – Sebastiano Querini</li> <li>1537 – Marco Barbo</li> <li>1538 – Antonio Calbo</li> <li>1538 – Giambattista Donato</li> <li>1540 – Michele Tron</li> <li>1541 – Fantino Dolfin</li> <li>1542 – Anzolo Nadal</li> <li>1543 – Bernardo Pesaro</li> <li>1544 – Gaspard Bembo</li> <li>1545 – Gaspard Contarini</li> <li>1546 – Bernardo Marcello</li> <li>1547 – Andrea Contarini</li> <li>1548 – Marco Pesaro</li> <li>1549 – Maffeo Soranzo</li> <li>1549 – Zaccaria Barbaro</li> <li>1551 – Ludovico Ponte</li> <li>1551 – Alessandro Zorzi</li> <li>1553 – Girolamo Navagero</li> <li>1554 – Antonio Zane</li> <li>1555 – Nicola Mula</li> <li>1556 – Ludovico Minotto</li> <li>1557 – Giovanni Bragandino</li> <li>1558 – Ludovico Capello</li> <li>1558 – Lorenzo Pisani</li> <li>1558 – Bernardo Morosini</li> <li>1560 – Bernardino Bellegno</li> <li>1561 – Girolamo Malipiero</li> <li>1562 – Marco Cicogna</li> <li>1563 – Antonio Zorzi (died before arriving in Cyprus)</li> <li>1564 – Benedetto Contarini</li> <li>1564 – Giacomo Ghisi</li> <li>1565 – Nicola Loredan</li> <li>1566 – Benedetto Mula</li> 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Nicephori">Pax Nicephori</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Venetian_treaty_of_1082" title="Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1082">Chrysobull of 1082</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Crusade" title="Venetian Crusade">Venetian Crusade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian%E2%80%93Genoese_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian–Genoese wars">Venetian–Genoese wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Saint_Sabas" title="War of Saint Sabas">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Curzola" title="War of Curzola">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Straits" title="War of the Straits">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Chioggia" title="War of Chioggia">IV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serrata_del_Maggior_Consiglio" title="Serrata del Maggior Consiglio">Serrata del Maggior Consiglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_War_(1304)" title="Salt War (1304)">Salt War</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Italian_War_of_1494%E2%80%931495" title="Italian War of 1494–1495">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Wars_of_1499%E2%80%931504#Second_Italian_War" title="Italian Wars of 1499–1504">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai" title="War of the League of Cambrai">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Urbino" title="War of Urbino">Urbino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_War_of_1521%E2%80%931526" title="Italian War of 1521–1526">VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cognac" title="War of the League of Cognac">VII</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_wars" title="Ottoman–Venetian wars">Ottoman–Venetian wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1463%E2%80%931479)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1499%E2%80%931503)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1537%E2%80%931540)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1570%E2%80%931573)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cretan_War_(1645%E2%80%931669)" title="Cretan War (1645–1669)">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morean_War" title="Morean War">VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1714%E2%80%931718)" title="Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)">VII</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Fall of the Republic of Venice">Fall</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Republic_of_Venice,_1706.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dogado" title="Dogado">Dogado</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sestiere_(Venice)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sestiere (Venice)">Sestieri</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domini_di_Terraferma" title="Domini di Terraferma">Domini di Terraferma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stato_da_M%C3%A0r" title="Stato da Màr">Stato da Màr</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Albania" title="Venetian Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Crete</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Dalmatia" title="Venetian Dalmatia">Dalmatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands" title="Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Istria" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian Istria">Istria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Morea" title="Kingdom of the Morea">Morea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Negroponte" class="mw-redirect" title="Lordship of Negroponte">Negroponte</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Principal organs  </span> <a href="/wiki/Doge_of_Venice" title="Doge of Venice">Doge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dogaressa" title="Dogaressa">Dogaressa</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Promissione_ducale" title="Promissione ducale">promissione ducale</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concio" title="Concio">Concio</a> (abolished 1423)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commune_of_Venice" title="Commune of Venice">Commune of Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minor_Council" title="Minor Council">Minor Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signoria_of_Venice" title="Signoria of Venice">Signoria of Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_College" title="Full College">Full College</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Savi_del_Consiglio" title="Savi del Consiglio">Savi del Consiglio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savi_di_Terraferma" title="Savi di Terraferma">Savi di Terraferma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savi_agli_Ordini" title="Savi agli Ordini">Savi agli Ordini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procurators_of_Saint_Mark" title="Procurators of Saint Mark">Procurators of Saint Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Council_of_Venice" title="Great Council of Venice">Great Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_nobility" title="Venetian nobility">Patriciate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonta_(Republic_of_Venice)" title="Zonta (Republic of Venice)">Zonta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Senate" title="Venetian Senate">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ten" title="Council of Ten">Council of Ten</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_Inquisitors" class="mw-redirect" title="State Inquisitors">State Inquisitors</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Forty" title="Council of Forty">Council of Forty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avogadoria_de_Com%C3%B9n" title="Avogadoria de Comùn">Avogadoria de Comùn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Correttori_alle_Leggi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Correttori alle Leggi (page does not exist)">Correttori alle Leggi</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Judicial magistracies  </span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Auditors_(Republic_of_Venice)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Auditors (Republic of Venice) (page does not exist)">Auditors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Night_(Venice)" title="Lords of the Night (Venice)">Lords of the Night</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Fiscal magistracies  </span> <a href="/wiki/Camerlenghi_di_Comun" title="Camerlenghi di Comun">Camerlenghi di Comun</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="background-color: #980000; color: #FFDEAD;">  Administrative magistracies  </span> <a href="/wiki/Magistrato_alle_acque" title="Magistrato alle acque">Magistrato alle acque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provveditori_all%27Armar" title="Provveditori all'Armar">Provveditori all'Armar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provveditori_sopra_beni_communali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Provveditori sopra beni communali (page does not exist)">Provveditori sopra beni communali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provveditori_sopra_beni_inculti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Provveditori sopra beni inculti (page does not exist)">Provveditori sopra beni inculti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esecutori_contro_la_bestemmia" title="Esecutori contro la bestemmia">Esecutori contro la bestemmia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censori_(Republic_of_Venice)" title="Censori (Republic of Venice)">Censori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Holy_Inquisition#Savi_all'eresia" title="Venetian Holy Inquisition">Savi all'eresia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinque_savi_alla_mercanzia" title="Cinque savi alla mercanzia">Cinque savi alla mercanzia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrato_alle_pompe" title="Magistrato alle pompe">Magistrato alle pompe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riformatori_dello_studio_di_Padova" title="Riformatori dello studio di Padova">Riformatori dello studio di Padova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrato_alla_Sanit%C3%A0" title="Magistrato alla Sanità">Magistrato alla Sanità</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_chancellor_(Republic_of_Venice)" title="Grand chancellor (Republic of Venice)">Grand chancellor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Military history of the Republic of Venice">Military history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battles_involving_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="List of battles involving the Republic of Venice">Conflicts and battles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_army" title="Venetian army">Venetian army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_navy" title="Venetian navy">Venetian navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Arsenal" title="Venetian Arsenal">Venetian Arsenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_General_of_the_Sea" title="Captain General of the Sea">Captain General of the Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provveditore_Generale_da_Mar" title="Provveditore Generale da Mar">Provveditore Generale da Mar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_ranks_of_the_Venetian_navy" title="Category:Military ranks of the Venetian navy">Ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sailing_ships_of_the_Venetian_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sailing ships of the Venetian Navy">Sailing ships</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#980000; color: #FFDEAD;;width:1%">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Venice" title="Economic history of Venice">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Coinage of the Republic of Venice">Coinage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_lira" title="Venetian lira">Lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zecca_of_Venice" title="Zecca of Venice">Zecca</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Venice" title="Bank of Venice">Bank of Venice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banco_del_Giro" title="Banco del Giro">Banco del Giro</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_glass" title="Venetian glass">Venetian glass</a></li> <li>Trade routes <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Via_Argentaria" title="Via Argentaria">Via Argentaria</a></li> 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title="Venetian Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Renaissance" title="Venetian Renaissance">Venetian Renaissance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_Renaissance_architecture" title="Venetian Renaissance architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Venetian_Renaissance_humanists" title="Category:Venetian Renaissance humanists">Humanists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_School_(music)" title="Venetian School (music)">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_school_(art)" class="mw-redirect" title="Venetian school (art)">Painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accademia_degli_Incogniti" title="Accademia degli Incogniti">Accademia degli Incogniti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accademia_Veneziana" title="Accademia Veneziana">Accademia Veneziana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucentaur" title="Bucentaur">Bucentaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Flag of the Republic of 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