Sebastian Cabot (ca.1484–1557), explorer. Pietro Cesare Alberti (1608–1655), the first Italian-American in New Amsterdam in 1635. Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798 in Dux, Bohemia), a Venetian adventurer, writer and womanizer. Architects Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) architect, humanist author, artist, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer. Baldassare Longhena (1598–1682), exponent of Baroque architecture Andrea Tirali (ca.1660–1737) architect, designed the pavement in the Piazza San Marco Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978), an architect with a profound understanding of materials. Entertainers Marietta Zanfretta (1837–1898), high-wire dancer who found success in Europe and the USA Romano Scarpa (1927–2005), a noted Italian creator of Disney comics. Francesco Borgato (born 1990), Italian recording artist and dancer. Sport Ercole Olgeni (1883–1947) rower, team gold and silver medallist at the 1920 & 1924 Summer Olympics Erminio Dones (1887–1945) rower, team silver medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics Dominic DeNucci (1932–2021), Italian-American professional wrestler. Angelo Spanio (1939–1999), Italian footballer with over 280 club caps Ivano Bordon (born 1951) former football goalkeeper with 449 club caps and 21 for Italy Mauro Numa (born 1961) fencer and gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics Andrea Borella (born 1961) fencer, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics Andrea Cipressa (born 1963) fencer, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics Dorina Vaccaroni (born 1963) former foil fencer, three time medallist at the 1984, 1988 & 1992 Summer Olympics. Daniele Scarpa (born 1964) sprint canoer, gold and silver medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics Carolina Morace (born 1964) former footballer with over 220 club caps and 150 for Italy women Tommaso Rocchi (born 1977) former footballer with 664 club caps See also List of islands of Italy List of buildings and structures in Venice List of bridges in Venice List of churches in Venice List of car-free places List of painters and architects of Venice List of places called Venice of the East Outline of Italy Su e zo per i ponti Venetian Blinds Venetic language (the ancient spoken language of the region) Venezia Mestre Rugby FC – rugby team Venice of the North References Bibliography Academic Brown, Horatio, Venice, chapter 8 of Cambridge Modern History vol. I The Renaissance (1902) Brown, Horatio, Calendar of State Papers (Venetian): 1581–1591, 1895; 1592–1603, 1897; 1603–1607, 1900; 1607–1610, 1904; 1610–1613, 1905 Brown, Horatio, Studies in the history of Venice (London, 1907) Chambers, D.S. (1970). The Imperial Age of Venice, 1380–1580. London: Thames & Hudson. Contarini, Gasparo (1599). The Commonwealth