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Gherardo da Camino

c. 1240–1306 · 13th century

Gherardo da Camino was lord of Treviso from 1283 to 1306, captain-general of the city after the fall of the da Romano family. His court welcomed troubadours and poets, and Dante praised him in the Purgatorio as the good Gherardo, an example of courtesy. His son Rizzardo succeeded him but was murdered in 1312.

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Commune of Treviso

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