| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - It even made the Fourth Crusade and the taking of Constantinople in 1204 possible.) Venice found a way to checkmate excessive power (the Doge or king was mainly a figurehead) and coexist with the Catholic Church (contrary to what everyone believes, the monumental Basilica of St. Mark was just the Doge???s private chapel???all symbolism???while the local patriarch or ambassador from the Vatican was
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