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The first Italian flag taken to Firenze
Francesco Saverio Altamura1859
National Museum of Italian Risorgimento
Torino, Italy
This young man with the Italian flag on the San Miniato hill just outside Florence evokes that city's peaceful insurrection on April 27th 1859 and the ousting of Grand Duke Leopoldo II, the day after the start of the French-Piedmontese war against Austria.
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- Title: The first Italian flag taken to Firenze
- Creator: Francesco Saverio Altamura
- Date Created: 1859
- Room: Sala 21
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