Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno
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Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno, better known as Peppa la cannoniera, in Sicilian: Peppa a cannunera,, was an Italian patriot.
The patriot in a 19th-century print, captioned as "Josephine from Barcellona, the heroine of Catania."
Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno, known as Peppa la cannoniera, in an engraving by Giuseppe Sciuti
Expedition of the Thousand
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The Expedition of the Thousand was an event of the unification of Italy that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto al Mare near Genoa and landed in Mar
Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno
…It appears that through her relationship with Vanni, Bolognara Calcagno wound up involved in the revolutionary movements for Italian unification that took place in 1860. On 31 May of that year, there was an anti-Bourbon insurrection in Catania where the rebels, led by Col. Giuseppe Poulet, resisted the attack by…
The beginning of the expedition at Quarto al Mare, Genoa
Monumental obelisk on the rock (Scoglio dei Mille) at Quarto al Mare (5.6 km south-east of the Old Port of Genoa), from which the Expedition of the Thousand departed on the night of 5 May 1860. On top of the monument is placed the Stella d'Italia ("Star of Italy")
Francesco Crispi, one of the architects of Italian unification
Giuseppe Mazzini, highly influential leader of the Italian revolutionary and activist for the unification of Italy movement