Roman Republic (1849–1850)
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The Roman Republic was a short-lived state declared on 9 February 1849, when the government of the Papal States was temporarily replaced by a republican government due to Pope Pius IX's departure to G
One of the emblems of the Roman Republic.
Proclamation of the Roman Republic in 1849, in Piazza del Popolo
Artillery battery and earthworks at the Aurelian Walls during the defense of Rome in 1849
Casino Savorelli after the French bombardments of Rome in 1849
Giuseppe Mazzini
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Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, lawyer, journalist, philosopher, and political activist who worked for the unification of Italy and was a major leader of the Italian revolutionary movement
Roman Republic (1849–1850)
…the Papal States was temporarily replaced by a republican government due to Pope Pius IX's departure to Gaeta. The republic was led by Carlo Armellini, Giuseppe Mazzini, and Aurelio Saffi. Together they formed a triumvirate, a reflection of a form of government during the first century BC crisis of the Roman Republic…
Mazzini in 1860
Mazzini's house in Genoa, now seat of the Museum of the Risorgimento and of the Mazzinian Institute
Mazzini in Marseilles
Blue plaque, 183 North Gower Street, London