Plan Ahead: Book tickets to tour Doge's Palace in advance, so you don't have to wait in a long line. Views from the Venetian Lagoon give the Doge's Palace an ethereal look – almost like it's ...

However, long before the meme, the title of Doge referred to the head of the Venetian Republic. "And Musk, who loves Roman history, should also take a look at us," says Zaia.

Doge Francesco would have chuckled over Giovanni Pertinax’s career. The Austrians smelt in his Venetian nostrils. As a boy he fled south, joined the bearded Garibaldi’s redshirts and took part ...