Venice Archive

13th Century Venetian Merchants Were Always Prepared For The Worst

Ancient Venetian Merchants Were Always Prepared For The Worst

AncientPages.com | July 12, 2024

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Beautiful Venice in Italy is today recognized as one of the most charming cities in the world, and its ancient history is just

The sword traveled from Trebizond to Venice in the second half of the 19th century, a gift from Yervant Khorasandjian, an art dealer and collector.

Artifacts

A 5,000-Year-Old Anatolian Sword Identified In Armenian Monastery In Venice

AncientPages.com | February 28, 2020

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 5,000-year-old Anatolian sword was identified in a monastery on the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni in the Lagoon City. A small sword

Tragedy Of Caterina Cornaro - The Last Queen Of Cyprus

Tragic Reign Of Caterina Cornaro – The Last Queen Of Cyprus And Patron Of The Arts

AncientPages.com | July 4, 2019

AncientPages.com - The life of Caterina Cornaro could easily be the plot of a novel or TV drama. One of the most significant woman of Venice’s golden age, Cornaro (1454-1510)