VENICE: A City on The Water
Although at the beginning of Christianity the lagoon and was populated by fishermen and hunters, the real Colonization V century, when the inhabitants of the land went to the islands to escape the barbarian invasions, first by the Huns and then of the Lombards. The confederation of the Laguna was not independent, but he owed loyalty to the Byzantine Empire, and the year 812 became one of its provinces. Constantinople to Venice privileges granted him because he was an important point for trade between East and West.
When Charlemagne and the Byzantine Emperor signed the Treaty of Aachen, the influence of Byzantium was greatly reduced, as evidenced by the fact that the Venetians 828 Alexandria robbed the body of St. Mark, who named the city’s patron, San Teodoro replacing. In 1000, the Doge got to stop pirate attacks many Slavs, and this victory was celebrated with the marriage between Venice and the Sea, to confirm his supremacy on the rise. Continue reading