Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri, generally known as the Count of Cavour or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and nob
Portrait by Antonio Ciseri, 1861
An early portrait of Cavour
Official portrait of Cavour in 1852
Cavour as Prime Minister of Sardinia in the 1850s
Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy'
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
…Sardinia from 1852, a position he maintained (except for a six-month resignation) until his death, throughout the Second Italian War of Independence and Giuseppe Garibaldi's campaigns to unite Italy. After the declaration of a united Kingdom of Italy, Cavour took office as the first Prime Minister of Italy; he died after…
Garibaldi in 1866
The house in which Garibaldi was born
Garibaldi and his men carrying boats from Lagoa dos Patos to Tramandahy lake during the war in Rio Grande do Sul
Garibaldi during the battle of Sant'Antonio, 1846