The Venetian Senate elected separate governors for Corfu's Old and New Fortresses to serve two-year terms. Their oath forbade them from communicating with one another during those appointments. The stated logic was to prevent the two officers from conspiring together in treason. Political distrust therefore prevented the two fortress governors from coordinating directly, although both remained under a superior commander.
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Venice kept Corfu's fortress governors apart
The governors of Corfu's Old and New Fortresses served two-year terms under an oath not to communicate with each other.