Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Porta Pia. Show all posts

10 September 2022

The wedding of Stefano Türr and Adelina Bonaparte

Hungarian General married Napoleon’s beautiful great niece Türr switched sides after witnessing Austrian cruelty against Italian troops The ...

31 August 2017

Gino Lucetti – failed assassin

Anarchist tried to kill Mussolini with grenade Gino Lucetti was part of a substantial anarchist presence in Carrara Gino Luce...

9 January 2017

Victor Emmanuel II dies

Christian burial for the King excommunicated by the Pope Victor Emmanuel II: a portrait from 1860 Victor Emmanuel II, the first King...

20 September 2016

Capture of Rome

Troops enter the capital in final act of unification Bersaglieri soldiers storm through the walls of Rome in this 1880 painting by Car...

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