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In 1379 Genoa attacked the lagoon during the War of Chioggia (1379–80). Two towers were constructed as platforms for crossbows and cannons within the Castel Vecchio and Novo forts (over the Lido and Vignole islands) on the two sides on the Lido channel, to even further safeguard the doorway for the lagoon.In 1045 the doge Domenico Contarini I (10