Nino Bixio
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Gerolamo "Nino" Bixio was an Italian general, patriot and politician, one of the most prominent figures in the Italian unification.
Bixio, c. 1860
Civitavecchia
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Civitavecchia is a city and major sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea 60 kilometres west-northwest of Rome, Lazio, Italy. Administratively, it is a comune of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. Civitave
Nino Bixio
…to surrender. Appointed senator in February 1870, he was in the following September given command of a division during the movement against Rome, took Civitavecchia, and on 20 September 1870, he participated in the capture of Rome, which completed the unification of Italy. On 16 December 1873, he died of cholera…
Civitavecchia fort and harbour
View of the port
View of station platforms