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5 unusual facts about Italian irredentism in Corsica


Italian irredentism in Corsica

Marco Angeli di Sartèna, founder of newspaper «Gioventù» of the "Partito Corso d'azione" and writer/poet.

Many Corsican authors (who wrote in Italian) were influenced by the ideals of the Italian Risorgimento during the second half of the 19th century, such as Giuseppe Multado, Gian Paolo Borghetti, Francesco Ottaviano Renucci (Storia della Corsica dal 1789 al 1830 and Novelle storiche corse).

Petru Simone Cristofini, irredentist colonel who was executed for treason in 1943.

Colonel Cristofini Pietro (or Petru Simon Cristofini) was born in Calenzana (near Calvi, Corsica) on 26 May 1903 and in 1939 became a captain of the 3rd Algerian Fusiliers regiment.

The irredentist Marco Angeli di Sartèna wrote the first book in "Corso" (titled Terra còrsa) in 1924 and many lyrics (titled Malincunie) in Ajaccio.



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