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Luke
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April 17 2009, 11:34 PM
Post #1
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Chamberlain of the Royal Forks, Knives and Plates
- Posts:
- 118
- Group:
- Admins
- Member
- #2
- Joined:
- July 21, 2008
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The Tribunale supremo (Supreme Tribunal) is a three member panel of state inquisitors created in 1454 to safeguard the security of the Republic. The tribunal though espionage, counterespionage, internal surveillance and a network of informers works to prevent plots and other attempts in Venice and abroad of overthrowing the republic and installing a dictatorship in Venice. The Tribunale supremo is considered the equal of the Council of Ten and has the power to investigate its membership. It is not accountable to the Doge.
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