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WHY “HERO OF THE TWO WORLDS”?
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His native city
LEADER IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ITALIAN UNIFICATION AND
INDEPENDENCE
1833 HE JOINED
MAZZINI’S MOVEMENT“THE YOUNG
ITALY” 1834
HE WAS ORDERED TO SEIZE A WARSHIP, BUT THE PLOT
WAS DISCOVERED BY POLICE AND HE WAS CONDEMNED
TO DEATH!
HE ESCAPED TO SOUTH AMERICA WHERE HE LIVED FOR 12 YEARS!
- Garibaldi’s exile - (South America 1835-1848)
1842During the Uruguayan Civil War he fought in defence of Uruguay and its capital Montevideo against the Argentinian dictator
1836He took up the cause of independence of the Republic of Rio Grande do Sul against the Brazilian government
His strong and rebellious wife who fought alongside
her husband.Heroine of the struggle for
Italian unification.
1839
SECOND Italian War of Independence
THIRD Italian War of Independence
In less than three months he conquered the entire island of Sicily…
The popular name derives from the red shirts worn by the volunteers who followed Garibaldi in the invasion of Sicily and southern Italy.
They wore red t-shirt to distinguish themselves from the enemy. Garibaldi took the idea from the
red shirts worn by the gauchos in South America
Sailing from near Genoawith about 1,000 men
(On May 6)
He reached Marsala in Sicily (on May 11)
Became the CONQUEROR of The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Naples and Sicily)
He proclamated the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
Garibaldi- Meucci Museum (New York)
Garibaldi Oregon Museum
Piazza De Ferrari , Genova