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Oro Alla Patria
''Oro alla Patria'' ("Gold for the Fatherland") was a 1935 Italian fascist campaign that asked Italians to donate their gold assets to fundraise for their fatherland. Faced with League of Nations sanctions for its Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist government collected 250,000 wedding rings from Rome and 180,000 from Milan, amid other personal gold jewelry and objects totaling 33,600 kilograms of gold and 93,400 of silver. In acts of sacrifice for the state, prominent figures donated items of great symbolic value: Elena of Montenegro, the Queen's wedding ring, Umberto II of Italy, the Prince's collar of the Annunciation, the dramatist Luigi Pirandello's Nobel Prize, Guglielmo Marconi's senator medal, and Mussolini's Rocca delle Caminate castle statue busts. See also * Dongo Treasure References Further reading * * Quirico, Domenico (2002). ''Squadrone bianco: storia delle truppe coloniali italiane''. Le scie. Milano: Mondadori. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fede Di Ferro (Oro Alla Patria)
Fede is a surname, a masculine given name and a short form (hypocorism) of other given names, such as Federico. It may refer to: Surname * Emilio Fede (born 1931), Italian anchorman * Giuseppe Fede (died 1777), Italian nobleman, collector and archaeologist * Terrence Fede (born 1991), American football player Given name or nickname * Fede Álvarez (born 1978), Uruguayan filmmaker * Fede Álvarez (football) (born 1974), Mexican football coach * Federico Bessone (footballer, born 1984), Federico Bessone (born 1984), Argentine footballer also known as Fede Bessone * Fede Castaños (born 1959), Spanish footballer * Fede San Emeterio (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Fede Galizia (c. 1578–c. 1630), Italian Renaissance painter * Fede Vico (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Fede Vigevani (born 1994 or 1995), Uruguayan YouTuber and musician See also * Fede ring, ring in which two hands meet and are clasped * Fedde, another surname and given name * Fed (other) * Fedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collar Of The Annunciation
Collar may refer to: Human neckwear *Clerical collar (informally ''dog collar''), a distinctive collar used by the clergy of some Christian religious denominations *Collar (clothing), the part of a garment that fastens around or frames the neck *Collar (jewelry), an ornament for the neck *Collar (order), a symbol of membership in various chivalric orders *Designation of workers by collar color *Livery collar, including Collar of Esses, worn around the neck and shoulders as a mark of office *Ruff (clothing), a type of collar worn in Western Europe from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century *Slave collar *Collar (BDSM), a device of any material placed around the neck of the submissive partner in BDSM Animal collars *Collar (animal), a strap around an animal's neck to which a leash or tag may be attached *Dog collar, a piece of material put around the neck of a dog *Cat collar, a piece of material put around the neck of a cat *Elizabethan collar, a protective devi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Fascism
Italian fascism (), also called classical fascism and Fascism, is the original fascist ideology, which Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini developed in Italy. The ideology of Italian fascism is associated with a series of political parties led by Mussolini: the National Fascist Party (PNF), which governed the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 until 1943, and the Republican Fascist Party (PFR), which governed the Italian Social Republic from 1943 to 1945. Italian fascism also is associated with the post–war Italian Social Movement (MSI) and later Italian Neo-fascism, neo-fascist political organisations. Italian fascism originated from ideological combinations of ultranationalism and Italian nationalism, national syndicalism and revolutionary nationalism, and from the militarism of Italian irredentism to regain "lost overseas territories of Italy" deemed necessary to restore Italian nationalist pride.Aristotle A. Kallis. ''Fascist ideology: territory and expansionism in Italy and Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Italy
Events from the year 1935 in Italy Events * ''Il Liberatore'', Italian language underground publication is founded. Establishments * A.S.D. Roccella * Aeronautica Umbra * Azienda Italiana Petroli Albanesi * Brondi (company), Brondi * Farmitalia * Frejus (cycling team) * Intrepido * Istituto Marangoni * Velodromo Vigorelli Births *9 January – Manlio De Angelis, actor (d. 2017 in Italy, 2017) *11 January – Giampiero Cotti Cometti, geographer (d. 2009 in Italy, 2009) *12 January – Margherita Rinaldi, operatic soprano (d. 2023 in Italy, 2023) *13 January – Mauro Forghieri, mechanical engineer (d. 2022 in Italy, 2022) *15 January – Luigi Radice, football player and manager (d. 2018 in Italy, 2018) *19 January – Pupetta Maresca, gangster (d. 2021 in Italy, 2021) *31 January – Lorenzo Calafiore, wrestler (d. 2011 in Italy, 2011) *27 February – Mirella Freni, operatic soprano (d. 2020 in Italy, 2020) *30 March – Giuseppe Frigo, judge (d. 2019 in Italy, 2019) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongo Treasure
The Dongo Treasure was the valuables in Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's possession at the time of his capture and execution. Treasure During the dissolution of the Mussolini administration, valuables disappeared or were distributed. The finance minister distributed 200 million lire of state funds among government ministers who fled Italy along with their belongings. At the time of Benito Mussolini's capture, on April 27, 1945, the Italian resistance fighter Urbano Lazzaro seized two cases of valuables and documents. Mussolini's case included 1,150,000 lire and 160 British sovereigns. Lazzaro brought the two cases to a bank in the village of Domaso, north of Dongo. Additionally, Mussolini's German escorts had discarded three bags of valuables in a river. These contained gold jewelry that Italian citizens had donated to the Fascists during the 1935 ''Oro alla Patria'' fundraising campaign for Mussolini's Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Two fishermen recovered the sacks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Sole 24 Ore
(; English: "The Sun 24 Hours") is the Italian financial newspaper of record, owned by Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation. is the leading financial daily in Italy. History and profile was first published on 9 November 1965 as a merger between ''Il Sole'' ("The Sun"), founded in 1865, and ''24 Ore'' ("24 Hours"), founded in 1933. The latter was established by young economists, including Ferdinando di Fenizio, Libero Lenti and Roberto Tremelloni, on 15 February 1933. The owner of is Confindustria. In 2006, it was reported that had Europe's highest circulation for a financial daily. has its headquarters in Milan, more precisely in Sarca Avenue 223, and is published in broadsheet format. The paper reports on business, politics, developments in commercial and labour law, corporate news and features. Extensive share and financial product listings are provided in its daily supplement, ''Finanza e Mercati''. Weekly supplements include: *''Domenica'' (Sunday) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocca Delle Caminate
Rocca delle Caminate is a Middle Ages, medieval castle located in Meldola, around from Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It functioned as the summer home of Benito Mussolini, who was born in Predappio. History The ''Rocca delle Caminate'' was built in the 10th century, most likely on the site of a Roman fort. In 1927, the castle was donated to Benito Mussolini. It was then renovated by interior designer Guido Malagola Cappi. The external renovations included the addition of a lighthouse, which shone a powerful light whenever the Italian leader was present. It was here that Mussolini, during a brief sojourn in March 1933, composed the first version of the Four-Power Pact. It became Mussolini's summer residence in the area and he held meetings with dignitaries during World War II, such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania), Romanian Foreign Minister Mihai Antonescu, while staying there. The castle was also used as a site of torture, with members of the Italian r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He was also of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, until his summary execution in 1945. He founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). As a dictator and founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired the international spread of fascism during the interwar period. Mussolini was originally a socialist politician and journalist at the ''Avanti!'' newspaper. In 1912, he became a member of the National Directorate of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), but was expelled for advocating military intervention in World War I. In 1914, Mussolini founded a newspaper, '' Il Popolo d'Italia'', and served in the Royal Italian Army until he was wounded and discharged in 1917. He eventually denounced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquess of Marconi ( ; ; 25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and politician known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegraphy, wireless telegraph system. This led to Marconi being credited as the inventor of radio and sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy". His work laid the foundation for the development of radio, television, and all modern wireless communication systems. Marconi was also an entrepreneur and businessman who founded the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company (which became the Marconi Company) in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom in 1897. In 1929, Marconi was ennobled as a marchese, marquess (''marchese'') by Victor Emmanuel III. In 1931, he set up Vatican Radio for Pope Pius XI. Biography Early years Guglielmo Giovanni Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel, Alfred Nobel's death. The original Nobel Prizes covered five fields: Nobel Prize in Physics, physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, physiology or medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, literature, and Nobel Peace Prize, peace, specified in Nobel's will. A sixth prize, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Prize in Economic Sciences, was established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) in memory of Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields.Nobel Prize#Shalev69, Shalev, p. 8. Except in extraordinary circumstances, such as war, all six prizes are given annually. Each recipient, known as a laur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art". Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian language, Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd. Biography Early life Pirandello was born into an upper-class family in Girgenti (now Agrigento), Sicily, near the poor suburb of Porto Empedocle. His family's surname had originally been the Greek language, Greek "Pirangelos" (Greek language, Greek: ), which had been phonetically corrupted. Pirandello was of Greeks, Greek descent, as he noted himself in an interview to Kostas Ouranis in 1934. The area of his birth was called "Caos", from , Sicilian language, Sici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto II Of Italy
Umberto II (; 15 September 190418 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the ''de facto'' head of state since 1944. Due to his short reign, he was nicknamed the May King (). Umberto was the third child and only son among the five children of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. As heir apparent to the throne, he received a customary military education and pursued a military career afterwards. In 1940, he commanded an army group during the brief Italian invasion of France shortly before the French capitulation. In 1942, he was promoted to Marshal of Italy but was otherwise inactive as an army commander during much of the Second World War. Umberto turned against the war following Italian defeats at Stalingrad and El Alamein, and tacitly supported the ouster of Benito Mussolini. In 1944, Victor Emmanuel, compromised by his association with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
