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Giuseppe Salvatore Pianell
Giuseppe Salvatore Pianell (Palermo, November 9, 1818 - Verona, April 5, 1892) was an Italian general and politician. Count since 1856. He was appointed Minister of War of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in July 1860, in the days of the Expedition of the Thousand. In favor of an alliance with Kingdom of Sardinia, Piedmont and the application of the constitution promulgated by Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Francis II, he was for this reason opposed by much of the Bourbon court. He resigned after a few weeks in the ministry and, following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, was granted entry into the Royal Italian Army, Italian Army with the rank of general. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Custoza (1866) as commander of the only Italian division that did not retreat in the face of the Austrian counteroffensive. In 1869 he became commander of the Royal Italian Army, Royal Army forces in northern Italy. He repeatedly refused the post of Minister of War of the Kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis II Of The Two Sicilies
, image = Francesco II of the Two Sicilies.JPG , caption = King Francis II , succession = King of the Two Sicilies , reign = 22 May 1859 – 20 March 1861 , predecessor = Ferdinand II , successor = ''Kingdom of Italy'' , succession2 = Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , reign-type2 = Tenure , reign2 = 20 March 1861 – 27 December 1894 , successor2 = Prince Alfonso , spouse = , issue = Princess Maria Cristina Pia , house = House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , father = Ferdinand II , mother = Maria Christina of Savoy , birth_date = , birth_place =Royal Palace of Naples, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies(now Naples, Italy) , death_date = , death_place = Arco, Austria-Hungary(now Arco, Italy) , burial_place = Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples , religion = Roman Catholicism Francis II (Neapolitan and it, Francesco II, christened ''Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-Sardinia, Piedmont-Sardinia, or Savoy-Piedmont-Sardinia during the Savoyard period, was a state in Southern Europe from the early 14th until the mid-19th century. The Kingdom was a member of the Council of Aragon and initially consisted of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia, sovereignty over both of which was claimed by the Papacy, which granted them as a fief, the ("kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica"), to King James II of Aragon in 1297. Beginning in 1324, James and his successors conquered the island of Sardinia and established ''de facto'' their ''de jure'' authority. In 1420, after the Sardinian–Aragonese war, the last competing claim to the island was bought out. After the union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, Sardinia becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in the city proper and about 650,000 in the Metropolitan City. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina and it is an important access terminal to Calabria region, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria on the mainland. According to Eurostat the FUA of the metropolitan area of Messina has, in 2014, 277,584 inhabitants. The city's main resources are its seaports (commercial and military shipyards), cruise tourism, commerce, and agriculture (wine production and cultivating lemons, oranges, mandarin oranges, and olives). The city has been a Roman Catholic Archdiocese and Archimandrite seat since 1548 and is home to a locally important international fair. The city has the University of Messina, founded in 1548 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Sicilian , demographics1_info1 = 98% , demographics1_title2 = , demographics1_info2 = , demographics1_title3 = , demographics1_info3 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = CEST , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code_type = ISO 3166 code , area_code = IT-82 , blank_name_sec1 = GDP (nominal) , blank_info_sec1 = €89.2 billion (2018) , blank1_name_sec1 = GDP per capita , blank1_info_sec1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Martino Di Finita
San Martino di Finita ( aae, Shën Mërtiri) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ... region of southern Italy. It was founded in the late 15th-early 16th centuries by Arbëreshë refugees. References Arbëresh settlements Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crati
The Crati is a river in Calabria, southern Italy. It is the largest river of Calabria and the third largest river of southern Italy after the Volturno and the Sele. In classical antiquity it was known as the Crathis or Crater (Greek: ). Geography The Crati rises in the central Sila Mountains in the ''comune'' Aprigliano. It starts at as the ''Craticello'' at an elevation of 1,742 meters. It descends very steeply northward towards Cosenza where it is joined on the left by the Busento river, doubling in size. From here on it flows through a large plain, the Vallo del Crati. Here it is joined by several tributaries from the right: the Arente, Mucone (its main tributary on the right) and Duglia rivers. Several smaller streams also join it on the right: the Finita, Turbolo, Cucchiato, Campagnano, Mavigliano and Settimo. The river is also joined by several left tributaries including the Annea. It has a drainage basin of . With a discharge of 20 m/s it continues to Tarsia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Lanza
Ferdinando Lanza was a Two Sicilian lieutenant-general who fought against Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand. During the conflict, Lanza was stationed at Palermo but surrendered after Siege of Palermo, the siege on May 30, 1860. Early military career Coming from the Cavalry, Lanza was promoted to general in 1848. His first major military action was on May 9, 1849, led him to fight against the troops of Giuseppe Garibaldi in front of Palestrina during the creation of the Roman Republic (1849), Roman Republic. He had brought the 7,000 men of the French division of Charles Oudinot, whose 20th battalion of the line had been overwhelmed on April 30, 1849, in a bayonet attack by the Garibaldini in the operations that led to the captures of Villa Pamphili and Villa Corsini and the Bourbon soldiers to defend the fate of the Papal States, Papacy. Lanza then participated in the Bourbon reconquest expedition of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian revolution of 1848 under the orders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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