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Regions of Italy
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Vittorio Emanuele I was the first King of Italy. He won five wars: the Campaign of Crimea (1855), the Second Independence War (1859), the Campaign of Garibaldi (1860), and eventually the Conquest of Rome, with the epic Breach of Porta Pia (1870).
As for his temper and build Vittorio Emanuele I had very little in common with his brothers and father. Carlo Alberto showed off a pale and long limbed figure, aristocratic and stylized features, a contradictory and unsolved spirit. Vittorio Emanuele was squat, full-blooded, sensual and impulsive, with [Read more...]
Vittorio Emanuele I was the first King of Italy. He won five wars: the Campaign of Crimea (1855), the Second Independence War (1859), the Campaign of Garibaldi (1860), and eventually the Conquest of Rome, with the epic Breach of Porta Pia (1870).
As for his temper and build Vittorio Emanuele I had very little in common with his brothers and father. Carlo Alberto showed off a pale and long limbed figure, aristocratic and stylized features, a contradictory and unsolved spirit. Vittorio Emanuele was squat, full-blooded, sensual and impulsive, with manners and lineaments of the common people. Yet this is the reason why he stood high in the people’s favour.
That is genetically a mystery. The explanation is inside an episode – something more than just an anecdote – informally assured by authoritative witnesses (Massimo d’Azeglio and, it seems, Cavour himself). In 1824, as his parents were away, the babe in arms was alone with his nanny. Suddenly a fire broke out: the woman died from the burns, and the cradle burnt. The baby, miraculously unhurt, was probably the son of a butcher who hastily replaced the charred body of the true prince.
Intervention by GIANNI OLIVA
Production:
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