Eastern Europe

In those times there was the Republic of Venice..
one of the most important States of its times.
It was then invaded by Napolean troops..
defeated. occupied. and sold to Austria.
a gold coin issued by the Venetian republic was the Zecchino.. one of the
most accepted currencies in thsoe times.

let me add that in Italy there have been 4 Sea Republics

Venezia
Genova
Amalfi
Pisa

for one reoson or the other. all of them disappeared with the exception of
the Republic of Venice.-
"?ystein" ha scritto nel messaggio
om...
"tile" wrote in message
. ..
let us name the architect
Bartolomeo Rastrelli from Venice
died in St.Petersburg in 1771
then other italian architects
Michetti
Quarenghi
Rossi
Rinaldi
Chiaveri
Brothers Angeloni
and Trizzini ( from Ticino )

He didnæt write Venecian, but European. Everybody but some Americans
know there is no such thing.

Jan