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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.
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il 25 aprile, oltre a giornata dedicata alla Liberazione dal regime fascista e dall'occupazione nazista, è per Venezia anche il giorno del patrono San Marco.
In questa giornata è usanza che i veneziani donino alle loro amate un bocciolo di rosa (bòcolo), come prova d'amore.
Un' usanza le cui origini affondano nella storia millenaria della città.