Marco Barbarigo
Encyclopedia
Marco Barbarigo was the 73rd Doge of Venice
from 1485 until 1486.
His brother was Agostino Barbarigo
. The two are the namesakes of the Master of the Barbarigo Reliefs
, who was responsible for the creation of their tomb.
Doge of Venice
The Doge of Venice , often mistranslated Duke was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city...
from 1485 until 1486.
His brother was Agostino Barbarigo
Agostino Barbarigo
Agostino Barbarigo was Doge of Venice from 1486 until his death in 1501.While he was Doge, the imposing Clock Tower in the Piazza San Marco with its archway through which the street known as the Merceria leads to the Rialto, was designed and completed...
. The two are the namesakes of the Master of the Barbarigo Reliefs
Master of the Barbarigo Reliefs
The Master of the Barbarigo Reliefs was an Italian sculptor active around Venice between about 1486 and about 1515. His name is derived from a set of reliefs in bronze, depicting the Coronation and Assumption of the Virgin and the twelve Apostles...
, who was responsible for the creation of their tomb.
Popular culture
- He appears in the video game Assassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed IIAssassin's Creed II is a historical third-person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the second video game installment of the Assassin's Creed series, and is a sequel to the 2007 video...
as a villain, and one of the main character's assassination targets; he was killed while holding a speech on a boat during CarnevaleCarnival of VeniceThe Carnival of Venice is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival starts 40 days before easter and ends on Shrove Tuesday , the day before Ash Wednesday.-History:...
. His bodyguard, Dante Moro would be killed later.
External links
- Panegyric on Doge Marco Barbarigo at British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...