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2 unusual facts about Ludovico Manin


Gold chain Manin

Manin's name is now known to have belonged to the last doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin IV, who with dignity faced the dissolution of the Republic threatened by Napoleon Bonaparte, May 12, 1797 and presided over, the last session of the Grand Council that decreed the end, after more than eleven centuries of independence and glory.

Ludovico Manin

He governed Venice from 9 March 1789 until 1797, when he was forced to abdicate by Napoleon Bonaparte.



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