Alessandro Marcello (politician)

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Alessandro Marcello (born before 1848; died after 1859) was an Italian politician and from 1857 to 1859 appointed mayor ( Podestà ) of Venice, Austria at the time . Pierluigi Bembo followed him in office.

Life

In 1848, in the course of the European revolutions , the city government had to cede power in the city to the Venetian revolutionaries under the leadership of Daniele Manin . Alessandro Marcello became president of the Comitato di sorveglianza delle sussistenze per le truppe ed ospitali militari on April 6, 1848 , so he was primarily responsible for food supplies and the military hospitals. The first task led him on May 24th to the Commissione annonaria , which tried to control bread prices, quantities and qualities and to secure bread and grain supplies. But already on August 14th he became Intendente all'amministrazione militare , i.e. headed the military administration. From April 6, 1849 he was a member of the council of war.

The Repubblica di San Marco , proclaimed by Manin, resisted the Austrian reconquest until August 23, 1849. Even after the forced return of the Austrians, the Podestà Correr remained in office, even if the state of siege was not lifted until May 1, 1854.

After Correr's resignation in 1857, the Consiglio comunale proposed three candidates to Emperor Franz Joseph I , as was customary. These were Alessandro Marcello, who was now responsible for trade and had married the noblewoman Andriana Zen in 1858, Andrea Valmarana and Sagredo Agostino. On July 29, 1857, the emperor chose Marcello. On March 17, 1858, Marcello thanked Archduke Maximilian, who had been received by him in the city the previous year along with his bride, for opening the Giardinetti reali, the royal gardens set up by Napoleon to the public, for the train station and the Church of Santa Lucia as well as for the establishment of a commission for the preservation of historical monuments. With the war of 1859 between Savoy and France against Austria , Marcello resigned. Although several candidates were selected, no one wanted to take on the difficult post. All candidates turned down on September 12 and December 25. It was not until March 7, 1860 that the emperor was able to appoint Pier Luigi Bembo, a new Podestà.

On June 14, 1859, anti-Austrian riots broke out on St. Mark's Square, and a tricolor was hoisted in the Spadaria . There were arrests as a result. The police chased the refugees to St. Mark's Basilica , and 20-year-old Luigi Scolari was fatally injured. Three more victims were counted. Marcello, although resigned, tried to intervene with the governor and the police. A pontoon was stationed in front of St. Mark's Square, equipped with cannons, threatening the square. The cannons remained until July 26th to prevent further riots. However, political tensions in the city persisted. In August, the celebrations for the imperial birthday were canceled, the Teatro La Fenice was closed for Christmas because calls circulated to boycott the visit.

Marcello had seven children with his wife Andriana Zon Marcello. After Alessandro Marcello's death, the widow founded the Scuola Merletti in 1870. This school on Burano , where girls learned how to make lace, later became a foundation. This Fondazione Andriana Marcello still maintains a lace museum that is located on Burano. On the advice of the entrepreneur Vittorio Cini (1966), a descendant of the founder established this foundation with a long delay in 1978 in order to give the museum a permanent setting, which was opened in 1981. Since 1994 it has been one of the Musei civici , the municipal museums of Venice.

literature

  • Alvise Zorzi : Venezia austriaca, 1798–1866 , Libreria editrice goriziana, Görz 2000.

Remarks

  1. ^ Alvise Zorzi : Venezia austriaca, 1798-1866 , Libreria editrice goriziana, Görz 2000, p. 188.
  2. ↑ L'ultima dominazione austriaca e la liberazione del Veneto in 1866 , Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento italiano. Comitato Regional Veneto, p. 107f.
  3. ↑ L'ultima dominazione austriaca e la liberazione del Veneto in 1866 , Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento italiano. Comitato Regional Veneto, p. 110.
  4. ↑ L'ultima dominazione austriaca e la liberazione del Veneto in 1866 , Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento italiano. Comitato regional veneto, p. 230f.
  5. ^ Il Museo del Merletto di Burano .
personal data
SURNAME Marcello, Alessandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician, Mayor of Venice
DATE OF BIRTH before 1848
DATE OF DEATH after 1859