The contentious Border between Venice and Padua Territory as represented by the Cartography of 16th-18th Century

摘要

This paperd escribes the most important phases of the conflict between Padua and Venice, initially for the state border and ultimately between private landowners and the Venetian Republic, by mean of a diachronical analysis of historical maps from 16th to 18th centuries such as those of Ruffoni (1678), Fabris (1587), Formaleoni (1776), Valle (1784), Milanovich (1786) and Valle (1801). They provide an important contribution in the geo -historical reconstruction of the contentious border between Venice and the Padua territory, in particular near the village of Pettorazza, located along Adige River, just behind the southern Venice Lagoon.