Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
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Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi was an Italian writer and politician involved in the Italian Risorgimento.
Tomb of Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
Monument in piazza Guerazzi, Livorno.
Tuscan Republic (1849)
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The Tuscan Republic is the name often given to the brief period between February 1849 when Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany fled Florence and April of the same year. In fact, although Tuscany had a p
Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
…Leopold II. On 8 February 1849, following Leopold's flight, Guerrazzi formed a governing triumvirate with Giuseppe Mazzoni and Giuseppe Montanelli and a Tuscan Republic was proclaimed; on 27 March Guerrazzi was nominated dictator. On Leopold's restoration, Guerrazzi refused to flee and he was sentenced to 15 years of…
Giuseppe Montanelli
Francesco Domenici Guerrazzi
Leopold II disembarks at Viareggio