X-Nico

unusual facts about Unification of Italy



Casalduni

On 14 August 1861, together with Pontelandolfo, it was the seat of a massacre by the Piedmontese occupation troops as a revenge for the killing of 45 military soldiers, allegedly made by brigands.

Gentile di Puglia

In the nineteenth century, after the Unification of Italy, there was cross-breeding with imported French Rambouillet and German Merinolandschaf animals, with the aim of further improving the quality of the wool.

Geostrategy

Mackubin Thomas Owens notes the similarity between von Bülow's predictions and the map of Europe after the unification of Germany and of Italy.

Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy

Garibaldi was born in 1807 in Nice, when it was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia/Piedmont, before it was annexed to France in 1860; he fought during the unification of Italy and during the Franco-Prussian War for France.

Lendinara

In the later part of the 19th century it was the home of Jessie White Mario, the English woman who took an active part in the struggle for the Unification of Italy at the side of Mazzini and Garibaldi.

Palio di Siena

After exceptional events (e.g., the Apollo 11 moon landing) and on important anniversaries (e.g., the centennial of the Unification of Italy), the Sienese community may decide to hold a third Palio between May and September.


see also

Aquilonia, Italy

In 1861, after the unification of Italy, the town was renamed Aquilonia based on a 16th-century assumption that this was the site of the Battle of Aquilonia between the Rome and the Samnites.

Garfagnana

The Garfagnana is an historical region of Italy, today part of the province of Lucca in the Apennines, in northwest Tuscany, but before the unification of Italy it belonged to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by the Este family.

Noi credevamo

The following year, after the unification of Italy, Domenico, after many years away from his home, finally goes back to Sicily and upon arrival heads to Calabria.

Terra di Otranto

After the unification of Italy, the Terra d'Otranto was renamed the Province of Lecce.