Pope Julius II initially founded the League of Cambrai to oppose this city-state.
Pope Julius II initially founded the League of Cambrai to oppose this city-state. Its rulers included the blind Enrico Dandolo, who helped sack Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade, and Ludovico Manin, who surrendered it to Napoleon. Its government included a Great Council, or Maggior Consiglio, and a Council of Ten, based in the Piazza San Marco. It lost control of Cyprus to the Ottomans before Lepanto, but kept territories in Dalmatia to its east, in what is now Croatia. This rival of Genoa controlled a Most Serene Republic. For 10 points, name this Italian city whose executives were called doges, home to many canals.
Pope Julius II initially founded the League of Cambrai to oppose this city-state.
Venice [accept Venezia or Venesia but not "Venetia," its successor state. Be careful and ask them to spell it if necessary]