Malamocco
human settlement in Italy
Malamocco (Venetian: Małamoco) was the first, and for a long time, the only, settlement on Lido, a barrier island of the Venetian Lagoon. It is located just south of the island's center and it is part of the Lido-Pellestrina borough of the municipality of Venice.
Metamaucum
Malamocco is sometimes misidentified as Metamaucum. This was one of the earliest settlements in the Lagoon of Venice. Its origins dated back to the Roman days. It was said to have acted as the port of Padua, to which it was connected by the River Medoacus Maior (today's Brenta). The name Metamaucus was derived from the Medoacus Maior. It is likely that its port received ships from Ravenna and that the via Popilia facilitated links with mainland towns.
Metamaucum became the second ducal seat of the duchy of Venice when Teodato Ipato (742–755), the second doge, transferred it from Heraclea to 811, when the doge Agnello Participazio (811–827) moved it to Rivoalto after the exile of the doge Obelerio. It was temporarily occupied by Pepin when he tried to invade the duchy in 810.
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