Dokument - Famiglia Longo Venezia - Atto pubblico medievale 1275 - 1275

This extraordinary notarized letter from the early Middle Ages is dated 13 September 1275. It concerns the contract for the Longo family, one of the oldest Venetian families, quoted in the ca’ Longo Villa Longo document. It features excellent calligraphy, exceptional preservation, and measures a substantial 82 x 31 cm. The Longo family’s history is largely unknown. Some sources claim they originated in Padua or Rimini. It is believed they were present in the lagoon as early as 560 (or even earlier), as there is evidence in that year of Luca Longo, magister equitum, who had various civic and religious buildings built in the original settlement of Rivoalto. Gerardo Longo was appointed supreme commander of the Republic’s army in 1268. Excluded from the patriciate by the lock-out of the Maggior Consiglio in 1297, they were reinstated in 1381 in the persons of Nicolò and Lorenzo Longo, who distinguished themselves for particular military bravery in the war between Chioggia and Genoa. There is little remaining trace of the family’s activities due to their limited involvement in political life. The Longos found new fame during the first Turkish-Venetian war when the valiant Girolamo Longo was captured and barbarously impaled in 1470. It seems that, due to his bravery in battle, he was offered freedom on condition of conversion. However, he refused and stated before the Sultan ‘I am a Venetian and a Christian'. Doge Cristoforo Moro decreed solemn funeral honours. In the eighteenth century, the family split into two branches. The branch that remained in the San Marziale palace died out by the end of the century. The other branch moved to a house in Zattere. Following the fall of the Serenissima and the arrival of the Austrians in Veneto, the Longo family obtained confirmation of their nobility with the sovereign resolution of 16 November 1817. We guarantee accurate packaging and shipping.