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Showing posts with label Cavour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cavour. Show all posts
23 February 2024

Manfredo Fanti - military general

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Risorgimento hero who founded Royal Italian Army Manfredo Fanti's battlefield skills were vital to the unification campaign The Italian ...
27 October 2023

Giovanni Giolitti – Prime Minister

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Long-lasting Liberal politician made important social reforms Giovanni Giolitti was one of Europe's main liberal reformers Giovanni Giol...
12 August 2023

Francesco Crispi – Italian Prime Minister

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The ‘great patriot’ was of Albanian heritage A photographic portrait from the  1880s of Francesco Crispi  The death at the age of  82 in Nap...
27 January 2021

Italy elects its first parliament

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1861 vote preceded proclamation of new Kingdom Count Camillo Benso di Cavour was named Italy's first prime minister Italians went to the...
29 July 2019

Agostino Depretis – politician

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Premier stayed in power by creating coalitions Agostino Depretis served three terms as Italy's premier in the last 19th century ...
9 March 2019

Bettino Ricasoli - statesman and winemaker

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Prime minister and inventor of modern Chianti wine While not tending to his ancient vineyards, Bettino Ricasoli was twice prime minist...
17 October 2018

Giovanni Matteo Mario - operatic tenor

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Disgraced nobleman became the toast of London and Paris Giovanni Matteo Mario became a singer after fleeing to France The operatic t...
5 September 2018

Giacomo Zabarella – philosopher

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Scholar devoted his life to explaining Aristotle’s ideas Giacomo Zaberella: a portrait by an unknown artist kept at the Bodleian Libr...