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land dominion
term referring to the complex of territories governed by Venice from the fourteenth century onwards. After the conquest of Treviso, this organisation of territories spread to Friuli, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Belluno, Bergamo and Brescia in the fifteenth century
Lazzaretto
a hospital in which plague victims were treated
Lepanto
area in the eastern Mediterranean, in which the Christian league achieved victory over the Turks in 1571

Venezia e il mare
Le isole, le fortezze, le difese contro i Turchi
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