Giovanni Filippo Galvagno (22 August 1801 – 27 March 1874) was an

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lawyer and politician. He served in the

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and

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of the

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. He was mayor of

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under the

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Biography

He was a lawyer at the Magistrate of Appeals of Piedmont and patrimonial lawyer to the king. He was a deputy to the parliament of the

in five terms, between 1848 and 1857. In 1849 he was appointed

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, and later also served as

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(from 1849 to 1852), agriculture and justice. In 1860 he became a senator. A town councilor of Turin for more than twenty years (from 1848 to his death), he was also its

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from 1866 to 1869. He found himself administering the city at a difficult time: the capital of Italy had recently been transferred to

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, and there was fear of a serious economic crisis. Upon his appointment, he received from his predecessor, Marquis

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, a precise mandate: "''Turin shall become the

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of Italy"'', that is, the capital of industrialization. Galvagno strove to achieve this goal by promoting the construction of canals for energy production, although he had to fall back for lack of funds on a less ambitious project than the one envisioned by Luserna di Rorà, the Ceronda canal''.'' He also held the position of president of the Turin Philharmonic Academy.http://dati.camera.it/ocd/deputato.rdf/dr210_5 He died in Turin in 1874 and was buried in the Fedio dei decurioni torinesi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galvagno, Giovanni Filippo 19th-century Italian lawyers 19th-century Italian politicians Mayors of Turin People from Turin Deputies of Legislature I of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature III of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature IV of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature V of the Kingdom of Sardinia Deputies of Legislature VI of the Kingdom of Sardinia Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia 1801 births 1874 deaths Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Sardinia)