H. Noiret, Documents inédits pour servir à l’histoire de la domination vénitienne en Crète de 1380 à 1485 tirés des Archives de Venise, Παρίσι 1892˙ G. Gerola, Monumenti veneti nell’ isola di Creta, τ. 4ος, Βενετία 1932-1940˙ Ασπασία Παπαδάκη, «Κατάλογος των Δουκών της Κρήτης (με διορθώσεις και συμπληρώσεις», Ροδωνιά, τ. 2ος, Ρέθυμνο 1994, σ. 389-396
Identification of the bearer: Francesco Soranzo, Venetian duke of Crete (1566-1567)
Historical Notice: Venetian patrician house, including a doge of Venice (14th c.) and three dukes of Crete (13th and 16th c.). This particular coat-of-arms, seriously damaged today, is part of a heraldic ensemble which was posed on the walls of Irakleio during the works of fortification carried out in 1565. Irakleio was under Venetian rule from the early 13th century to 1669.
Institute of Neohellenic Research/ National Hellenic Research Foundation
Research Supervisor:
Leonidas Kallivretakis
Rights Holder:
Institute of Neohellenic Research/ National Hellenic Research Foundation
Is Part Of:
91700201,010311
Subjects:
Heraldic Monument
Coat of arms
Heraldry
Emblem
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