History of the Republic of Venice and his dogeship was marked by the expansion of Venice towards the sea via the construction of bridges, canals, bulwarks, fortifications, and stone buildings. The modern Venice, at one with the sea, was being born. Agnello was succeeded by his son Giustiniano, who brought the body of Saint Mark the Evangelist to Venice from Alexandria and made him the patron saint of Venice. During the reign of the successor of the Participazio, Pietro Tradonico, Venice began to establish its military might which would influence many a later crusade and dominate the Adriatic for centuries, and signed a trade agreement with
Arts Square (Saint Petersburg) Arts Square (Saint Petersburg) The Arts Square (, "Ploshchad Iskusstv") is an open public square in the center of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Before the construction of the Square, the land was the hunting grounds of the Empress Anna of Russia. Then Russian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700-1771) created a garden maze on the site. In the early XIXth century, Russian architect Carlo Rossi (1775-1849) was commissioned to develop the land between the Field of Mars and the Nevsky Prospect. The Russian Museum (formerly Mikhailovsky Palace) stood out as its most prominent building. Rossi also designed the Square, and the facades