Lorenzo Tiepolo (Mayor)
Lorenzo Tiepolo (born July 19, 1845 in Venice , † August 12, 1913 in Belluno ) was Mayor of Venice from November 14, 1888 to April 6, 1890 . He was the first mayor of Venice to be elected exclusively by the Consiglio comunale, the city council, without the intervention of the Italian state. Riccardo Selvatico followed him in 1890 .
Life
Lorenzo Tiepolo came from one of the oldest noble families in Venice, who had provided a doge of the same name . His parents were Alvise Tiepolo and his wife Maria Barea. Lorenzo had two brothers named Girolamo and Giacomo, and six sisters named Maria Teresa, Elena, Marina, Lucrezia, Loredana and Giovannina.
Lorenzo Tiepolo studied law at the University of Padua and married Marianna Lanfranchini. The couple had six children named Maria, Angelina, Alvise, Teresa, Almoro and Laura. In Venice he worked as a lawyer specializing in civil law .
On February 11, 1883 he was consigliere comunale , an office that he held until November 10, 1889. From September 3, 1888 he was also assessore comunale .
In October 1889, during Tiepolo's short term in office, the Società veneziana per l'illuminazione eletrica was created , which was dedicated to the electrical lighting in Venice, which would eventually replace gas lighting. In 1890, the Società veneta di navigazione a vapore lagunare replaced the French Compagnie des beteaux omnibus de Venise , which had previously controlled the vaporetti . In the same year, an aqueduct was supposed to supply Venice with water from the river Sile instead of the city's wells.
Tiepolo was confirmed in office on November 19, 1889, but resigned five months later after failing to impose a more liberal government. The expansion of the electorate wanted by Francesco Crispi led to a government of Liberal Progressists. Some were supported by the socialists.
His knowledge of economics brought him first as a member of parliament, in 1897 he became one of the five men in the comitato dei cinque who advised on economic issues. From 1903 to 1905 he gained increasing influence in Venice through the magazine La Gazzetta . On March 4, 1905, he was appointed senator.
Tiepolo died in 1913 while he was in Belluno to recover .
Honors
Tiepolo became Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia in 1885 , Ufficiale in 1887 and Commendatore there in 1889. On January 17, 1889, he was also Cavaliere dell'Ordine dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro .
Web links
- TIEPOLO Lorenzo , Senato della Repubblica
Remarks
- ^ Giovanni Distefano, Giannantonio Paladini: Storia di Venezia: La dominante dominata , Supernova 1997, p. 308.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tiepolo, Lorenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Venice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1913 |
| Place of death | Belluno |