page_title: Vincenzo Cappello
section_title: Renewed fleet commands, Preveza, and death
hierarchical_section_title: Vincenzo Cappello / Biography / Political and military career / Renewed fleet commands, Preveza, and death
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Church of Santa Maria Formosa West facade. Above the entrance, the catafalque of Vicenzo Cappello, Capitan del Mar winner of the Turkish fleet and died in 1541, and his statue of the sculptor Domenico di Pietro Grazioli pupil of SansovinoFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Église Santa Maria Formosa de Venise, Façade Ouest. Au-dessus de l'entrée, le catafalque de Vicenzo Cappello, Capitan del Mar vainqueur de la flotte turque et mort en 1541, et sa statue du sculpteur Domenico di Pietro Grazioli élève de Sansovino.Italiano&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa di Veneziala, facciata Ovest. Sopra l'ingresso, il catafalco di Vincenzo Cappello, Capitan del Mar vincitore della flotta turca e morì nel 1541 e la sua statua, opera dello scultore Domenico di Pietro Grazioli allievo del Sansovino Santa Maria Formosa &#160;&#160;Native namePurificazione della Beata VergineLocationVenice&#160;, ItalyCoordinates45°&#160;26′&#160;12.84″&#160;N, 12°&#160;20′&#160;27.96″&#160;E &#160;Established864 / 1492&#160;Authority control : Q1813687 VIAF:&#8201;259811530 LCCN:&#8201;no2015015891 GND:&#8201;4563455-5 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q1813687
context_page_description: Vincenzo Cappello was a Venetian nobleman and statesman, best known as the admiral of the Venetian navy in the Battle of Preveza.
context_section_description: On 5 March 1529, he was appointed one of the seven Savi di Terraferma, on 1 August, as consigliere "beyond the Canal", and finally, on 12 September, again as Provveditore all'Armata. Conscious of the fleet's problems, Cappello made specific demands to accept the position, requiring the government to furnish sufficient men, hardtack, and funds. His quarrels with the Senate delayed his departure and left a legacy of tense relations, which survived despite his re-appointment to the post on 11 June 1532. 
  Tasked with "restoring order to the fleet", but without provoking either the Turks or the Holy Roman Emperor, Cappello found his assignment fraught with worries. Reappointed to his post in 1534, in his reports to the Senate, he elaborated on the lack of hardtack, the desertion of his men to the Emperor's better-paying forces, the inadequacy of the fortifications in the Republic's overseas possessions (especially Zara, Sebenico, and Corfu), and the inefficiency of the naval construction system. As the historian Achille Olivieri points out, however, Cappello was no reformer: his outlook remained grounded in practical, everyday reality eschewing great risks and ideals in favour of a Venetian state secure in its strength, immobile, and almost "removed from the disruptive dialectic of the historical process". 
  In 1535, he was elected ducal councillor for the sestiere of Castello. Following the outbreak of the Third Ottoman–Venetian Wari in 1537, he was elected as Provveditore all'Armata. The fleet of Venice and its allies (chief among them Habsburg Spain) captured the fortress of Castelnuovo, leaving behind a Spanish garrison, but was defeated by the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Preveza in September 1538. Blamed by the Spanish for the defeat and taken ill, he returned to Venice, where he became a member of the Savi Grandi.  In January 1539 he participated in the election of Pietro Lando as Doge, and was elected as Procurator of St. Mark de supra. 
  He died on 19 August 1541, and was buried at the church of Santa Maria Formosa, whose façade is decorated with his statue.
caption: Monument to Vincenzo Cappello at his burial church of Santa Maria Formosa
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