History Walks in Venice<p><strong>Domenico Pizzamano</strong></p><p>Domenico Pizzamano never expected to end up in prison.</p><p>A nobleman should not be in prison, unless a traitor to the Republic. It was simply not the order of things.</p><p>And he was no traitor. He had done his duty to the Republic and to his class, ever since he had embarked on a Venetian galley at the age of eleven. Last year, when the Superintendent of the Lagoon had asked for volunteers in the defence of the city against Napoleon, he had stood up, along with little more than a dozen other noblemen.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://historywalksvenice.com/topics/venetians/" target="_blank">#Venetians</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://historywalksvenice.com/tag/lagoon-islands/" target="_blank">#LagoonIslands</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://historywalksvenice.com/tag/venetian-nobility/" target="_blank">#VenetianNobility</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://historywalksvenice.com/tag/venetian-state/" target="_blank">#VenetianState</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://historywalksvenice.com/tag/venezia/" target="_blank">#Venezia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://historywalksvenice.com/tag/venice/" target="_blank">#Venice</a></p><p><a href="https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/domenico-pizzamano/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-story/domenico-pizzamano/</a></p>