Name of Object:General Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of the Italian national unification, arriving in Tunis in 1834 Location:Rome, Italy Holding Institution:State Library of Modern and Contemporary History About MIBACT | State Library of Modern and Contemporary History, Rome Holding Institution (original language):Biblioteca di Storia Moderna e Contemporanea Date of Object:1861 Description:In 1833, Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) joined Mazzini’s organization, Giovane Italia, a republican group that supported the unification of Italy, and in 1834 he participated in an attempted insurrection. He was sentenced to death by the Kingdom of Sardinia and fled abroad. He spent time in Tunis in the first half of 1835. Archival or Bibliographical Reference:Storia illustrata della vita di G. Garibaldi per Antonio Balbiani Citation of this web page:Giulia Barrera "General Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of the Italian national unification, arriving in Tunis in 1834" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;106;en;N Database entry origination:Prepared by: Giulia Barrera MWNF Working Number: IT1 106 |