THE LAST CRUSADE. FRANCESCO MOROSINI AND A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE SERENISSIMA

• LOCATION: Fondazione Querini Stampalia

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Until June 16, 2019, the exhibition, dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the birth of Francesco Morosini Peloponnesiaco, will be open at the Querini Stampalia Foundation The collaboration between two Venetian cultural institutions, the Navy and the Guardia di Finanza, was created to organize conferences and exhibitions around the figure of the Captain da Mar in the Venetian political and military context of the seventeenth century. The exhibition is born thanks to this partnership and, built on texts and documents by the historian Pietro Garzoni, kept at the Querini Stampalia Foundation, is integrated with precious coins and rare medals belonging to the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection.

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The story of Francesco Morosini and the Venetian troops during the Morea war (1684-1699) is traced through old manuscripts: text and images make us understand all the available information to historians and show us how they proceeded to create the myth of the Serenissima. The Istoria della Repubblica by Pietro Garzoni, together with the printed volumes of this work and the engravings by Vincenzo Coronelli are the main works of the exposure. Moreover, there are manuscripts of reports and news from the Morea region and the Aegean Sea. A strong depiction of places and events of the time is offered by cartographic documents such as the map of the Penisola e regno di Morea: views, plans and fortresses' representations of that region, accompanied by detailed battle schemes. Regarding this, a manuscript occupies a special place in the exhibition: Diario militare della spedizione di Morea, distinti ragguagli delle fortezze prese nel regno della Morea sotto il comando dell'Ecc.mo K. Procur. Cap. General Francesco Morosini, where the story of the conquest of the cities and strongholds is accompanied by the drawings that represent it. They are rich in military details, such as the deployment of land forces and galleys in the sea, as well as different kinds of details, such as the woods, rivers, aqueducts, wells, vineyards, gardens, mosques, castles, ports and customs.

More info

Next free guided tour: May 26, 2019 from 11am to 12am. Max number pax: 25 pax Reservation: didattica@querinistampalia.org Free entrance: every sunday for Venetian residents only.