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- ↑ O'Connell, Monique (2009), Men of empire: power and negotiation in Venice's maritime state, JHU Press, pp. 124–, ISBN 978-0-8018-9145-8
- ↑ Božić 1979 , p. 374
који су Млечани успели да заузму TOKOM августа; јер, већ првих дана септембра стигла je у Млетке вест да je град враћен уз велике напоре, жртве и страдања млетачких поданика у Албанији.
- ↑ Robert Elsie (24 December 2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 461. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3 . Retrieved 10 June 2013.
Ten years later, with the support of Scanderbeg, he led Venetian forces against the Dukagjini family for control of the fortress of Dagno
- ↑ The Siege of Shkodra: Albania's Courageous Stand Against Ottoman Conquest, 1478. David Hosaflook. 2012. p. 30. ISBN 978-99956-87-77-9 . Retrieved 20 July 2013.
the 1458 architectural plans for the city's reinforcements and cistern systems, prepared by Andrea and Francesco Venier and Malchiore Da Imola