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Showing posts with label Risorgimento. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Risorgimento. 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 ...
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...
16 September 2022

Sette e mezzo: The Palermo revolt of 1866

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Insurgents took control of city after a major uprising  Sicily had seen previous uprisings in the 19th century, such as this depicted in 186...
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...
30 November 2020

Ippolito Nievo - writer and patriot

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Risorgimento novel now seen as an overlooked classic Ippolito Nievo (above) fought with  Garibaldi in the cause of unification The writer Ip...
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30 March 2020

Rimini Proclamation

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Opening statement of the Risorgimento came from a Frenchman Murat's Rimini Proclamation is seen as the rallying call for the Riso...
9 March 2020

Nabucco premieres in Milan

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Verdi opera that became a symbol of the Risorgimento The bill advertising the first staging of Nabucco at La Scala in Milan The oper...
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...