Veronica Franco

Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice. Renaissance Venetian society recognized two different classes of courtesans: the cortigiana onesta, the intellectual courtesan, and the cortigiana di lume, lower-class courtesans (closer kin to prostitutes today) who tended to live and practice their trade near the Rialto Bridge....
Read article at Wikipedia

Date of birth:

  • 1546

Country of nationality:

Profession:

Date of death:

  • 1591

People

Gender:

Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, expose empty fields, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Flag this Topic
Why do you want to flag this topic?
Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "Veronica Franco" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License .
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution