Led by doges, for 10 points, name this Italian city full of canals and gondolas.
Pope Julius II formed the League of Cambrai to combat this historically heretical city. It contributed to the Holy Alliance and its navy was crucial to the victory of the 1571 battle of Lepanto. Traders from this city funded the Fourth Crusade and sacked the city of Constantinople in 1204. Its position as the end of the Silk Road allowed native Marco Polo and his family to travel east and meet Kublai Khan. Led by doges, for 10 points, name this Italian city full of canals and gondolas.
Pope Julius II formed the League of Cambrai to combat this historically heretical city.
The Most Serene Republic of {Venice} or {Venezia} or {Venesia}