The Doge of Venice (/ d oʊ dʒ /; Venetian: Doxe de Venexia [ˈdɔze de veˈnɛsja]; Italian: Doge di Venezia [ˈdɔːdʒe di veˈnɛttsja]; all derived from Latin dux, "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian Duca), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 and 1797.. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's ...

The title of doge was used for the elected chief of state in a number of Italian "crowned republics".The two best known such republics were Venice (where in Venetian he was called doxe) and Genoa (where he was called a dûxe) which rivalled each other, and the other regional great powers, by building their historical city-states into maritime, commercial, and territorial …

Lido di Venezia is home to the Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale"). It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the three most prestigious ones, together with the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.

Venice is a city in Italy.It is the capital of the Veneto region, which is in the north-east of the country. The population of the 'Comune di Venezia', which is Venice, its lagoon and its mainland is 271,367. Area is 412 km². The population of Venice itself keeps on shrinking at an alarming rate and is now under 55000 locals. Venice is built on 118 small islands that are separated by 150 …

Der Doge [ˈdoːʒə], abgeleitet von lateinisch Dux (Führer, Anführer, Fürst) war das auf Lebenszeit regierende Staatsoberhaupt der Republik Venedig zwischen dem 8. Jahrhundert und 1797. Ursprünglich war der Doge ein lokaler Stellvertreter des Exarchen von Ravenna, der wiederum der Statthalter des Byzantinischen Kaisers in Oberitalien war. Mit der Emanzipation Venedigs von …