Throughout this city, citizens could anonymously deposit complaints in stone plaques called Lions' Mouths.
Throughout this city, citizens could anonymously deposit complaints in stone plaques called Lions' Mouths. This city's non-aristocratic denizens could rise to positions of authority in the Scuole Grandi. The printer Aldus Manutius set up shop in this city, which was governed by the Council of Ten. It forbade its legendary glassmakers from ever going abroad. This city won the Battle of Chioggia against an encroaching navy. In a famous ritual, this city's leader would go out on the Bucentaur and drop a ring in the water to "wed the sea." For 10 points, name this Italian city, whose landmarks included the Doge's Palace and the Grand Canal.
Throughout this city, citizens could anonymously deposit complaints in stone plaques called Lions' Mouths.
Venice [or Venezia]