Agostino Barbarigo | |
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 Portrait byMarco Basaiti | |
| Doge of Venice | |
| In office 1486–1501 | |
| Preceded by | Marco Barbarigo |
| Succeeded by | Leonardo Loredan |
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| Born | 3 June 1419 Venice,Republic of Venice |
| Died | 20 September 1501(1501-09-20) (aged 82) Venice,Republic of Venice |
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| Battles/wars | Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) |
Agostino Barbarigo (3 June 1419 – 20 September 1501) wasDoge of Venice from 1486 until his death in 1501.
While he was Doge, the imposingClock 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. A figure of the Doge was originally shown kneeling before the lion of Venice on the top storey below the bell but this was removed by the French in 1797 after Venice had surrendered to Napoleon.[1][2]
In 1495 he created an Italian coalition to push backCharles VIII of France from Italy, which led to theBattle of Fornovo during the French retreat from Italy. During his reign Venice gained several strongholds inRomagna and annexed the island ofCyprus.
His relationships with the Ottoman sultanBayezid II were initially amicable, but they became increasingly strained starting from 1492, eventually leading to open war in 1499. The Venetian merchants inIstanbul were arrested, whileBosnian troops invadedDalmatia and reachedZara. The Venetian fleet was defeated at theBattle of Zonchio, and the Republic lost its base inLepanto. The latter was soon followed byModone andCorone, which meant the loss of all the main intermediate stops for the Venetian ships sailing towards the Levante.
Despite his personal opposition, in February 1499 Venice signed theTreaty of Blois, a military alliance withLouis XII of France against their long-standing rival, theDuchy of Milan.[3] Barbarigo believed it to be a distraction from the Ottoman threat; a peace treaty was signed in 1503, which left Venice holding onlyNafplion,Patras andMonemvasia inMorea.
His dogaressa was Elisabetta Soranzo.[4] His brotherMarco Barbarigo preceded him as Doge but held office for less than a year;[5] their tomb, originally in the church of the Carita, has been demolished. Part of it, a relief showing the Resurrection of Christ, is in theScuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, attributed to the workshop of Antonio Rizzo.[6]
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