Schiavone - History

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The importance of Schiavoni's role in the Venetian Republic is best shown by the name of one of the main streets in Venice, Riva degli Schiavoni, just in front of the Doge Palace and San Marco Square.

A number of artists who worked in Italy who were of Dalmatian Slavic descent, most commonly Croats, were nicknamed Schiavone by their origin: most famous among them are Giulio Clovio (Julije Klović), Francesco Laurana (Frane Vranjanin) and Luciano Laurana (Lucijan Vranjanin). Andrea Meldolla (Andrija Medulić) was an example of a person from Dalmatia who wasn't of any known Slavic descent, but was still called Schiavone. Also, referring to artists from Dalmatia by using their place of origin as a surname was common in Italy at the time, for example in cases of Giovanni Dalmata (Ivan Duknović) or Giorgio da Sebenico (Juraj Dalmatinac).

Schiavoni was also a designation of the Oltremarini, a military unit of the same descent in the Venetian Navy. The basket-hilted sword schiavona was also named after the Schiavoni.

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