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3 unusual facts about Umberto I of Italy


Giro di Castelbuono

The course then followed Via Umberto I in a north-westerly direction which arrives back at the starting point.

Lake Abaya

It was named in 1896 as Lake Margherita by the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego, the first European to visit the lake, to honor the wife of king Umberto I of Italy, Queen Margherita.

Rimini railway station

It was opened, in the presence of the then Prince Umberto of Savoy (later Umberto I of Italy), on 4 October 1861, together with the rest of the Forlì–Rimini section of the Bologna–Ancona railway.


Antonio De Martino

In 1869, as a medical adviser of the Royal House, he assisted in childbirth Princess Margherita, Umberto I's wife and future queen, who gave birth to Victor Emmanuel III.

Devoto Palace

In the 19th century, Don Antonio Devoto built in Buenos Aires what was the largest mansion at the time and it became known as the Devoto Palace —Prince Umberto Saboya stayed there during a visit to Buenos Aires.

Emanuele Tovo

He completed portraits, in miniature on ivory, of Vittorio Emanuele II, King Umberto I, Queen Margherita, Princess Elisabetta, Duchess of Genoa, and Prince of Naples.

Ippazio Antonio Bortone

He was also admitted into various orders of knight hood, including named to the Order of the Crown of Italy by King Vittorio Emanuele III, and to the Order of Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro, by King Umberto I following the inauguration of his monument to Quintino Sella in Biella (won commission by competition).

Luigi Calori

Umberto I of Italy appointed Calori Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus at the ceremony sponsored by the Academy of Sciences to honor its fifty years of teaching.

Raffaello Pontremoli

In 1866 he followed the armies again, and illustrated two events: Prince Umberto at Villafranca amid the quadrato of the 49th infantry and Prince Amedeo wounded at the attack of Cavalchina near Custoza, now found in Palazzo Pitti of Florence.


see also

Margherita di Savoia

Margherita of Savoy (1851-1926), queen consort of King Umberto I of Italy