Provveditore Generale da Mar explained

The Italian: Provveditore Generale da Mar was the most senior peacetime office in the Venetian navy and in charge of governing the Venetian overseas empire.

History and functions

The Italian: Provveditore Generale da Mar was the supreme commander of the Venetian fleet in peacetime. In wartime, he was replaced by the Italian: [[Capitano Generale da Mar]], with more ample powers. The office usually had a tenure of three years, but in wartime, the nomination of a new Italian: Capitano Generale da Mar was usually accompanied also by the election of a new Italian: Provveditore Generale. From the first half of the 16th century, he also appears as the governor of the Venetian Ionian Islands. Eventually this appointment became regularized, as the Italian: Provveditore Generale del Levante; with his seat at Corfu, the Italian: Provveditore Generale da Mar was the senior civil and military governor of the Ionian Islands in peacetime.

Typically he hoisted his ensign on a bastard galley, although in later times he was allowed to use a sailing ship of the line instead. As a sign of his command, the poop deck of his vessel bore three lanterns.

In wartime, due to his absence at the head of the fleet, he was sometimes replaced by a Italian: Provveditore Generale delle Tre Isole, referring to Corfu, Cephalonia, and Zakynthos, renamed to Italian: Provveditore Generale delle Quattro Isole after the addition of Lefkada to the Venetian domains in 1684.

The office was abolished after the Fall of the Republic of Venice and the start of French rule in the Ionian Islands in June 1797.

Catalogue of Italian: Provveditori Generali da Mar

The following held the post of Italian: Provveditore Generale da Mar from 1684 till 1797.

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