- Loredan
The family of Loredan were a noble family of the
Republic of Venice . The family contributed threeDoge s:Leonardo Loredan (1501–1521), Pietro Loredan (1567–1570), andFrancesco Loredan (1752–1762), of whom only the first truly set his mark on thehistory of Venice ; the "Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan " byGiovanni Bellini (1501) makes his face familiar still.The Venetian admiral
Pietro Loredan (died 1439) achieved two great victories, against the two rivals for power in theMediterranean : over theOttoman Turks nearGallipoli in June 1416. and over theRepublic of Genoa nearRapallo in 1431. His try at being electedDoge was unsuccessful in 1433: he was defeated by his lifelong rivalFrancesco Foscari . Loredan was named general of the republic in 1436 during a war withMantua and was elected generalissimo in 1438, and was assassinated the following year.The great collector in the family was Andrea Loredan who constructed the Palazzo on the
Cannaregio to designs byMauro Codussi ; it was paid for by DogeLeonardo Loredan ; it was bought in the eighteenth century by theVendramin and as thePalazzo Loredan Vendramin Calergi is notable today for its association withRichard Wagner .The
Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore on theGrand Canal derived its popular name as the residence of the ambassador of theHoly Roman Empire . Among literary figures, Giovan Francesco Loredan is remembered for the "Accademia degli Incogniti " that he founded in 1630 at the age of twenty-seven.In the terraferma there are numerous Villas Loredan — at Strà on the Brenta Canal; at
Paese , nearTreviso , the villa painted byFrancesco Guardi ; atAsolo ; atSant'Urbano , nearPadua . The domain of the Villa Loredan at Paese was planted with grapevines in the 1950s by Conte Pietro Loredan; the wine continues to be made under the label Conte Loredan Gasparini. [ [http://www.diwinetaste.com/dwt/it2005104.php Conte Loredan Gasparini] ]Notes
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