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Stefano Castagnola
Stefano Castagnola (Chiavari, 3 August 1825 – Genoa, 11 September 1891) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Lanza cabinet, as well as Minister of the Navy and Minister of Public Works on an interim basis. Early life Stefano was the son of Giovanni Castagnola, a lawyer and member of the Royal Genoese Senate, and his wife Giovanetta Solari. In 1847 he graduated in law from the University of Genoa where he mixed in radical political circles, meeting Nino Bixio, Girolamo Ramorino and Goffredo Mameli. In 1848, he volunteered for the army and took part in the siege of Peschiera del Garda, as well as in a number of battles including Battle of Goito, Goito, Roncoferraro, Governolo and Custoza. After the war was over he returned to Genoa and became active in Mazzini's party. He also often represented political defendants (including Nino Bixio in 1851) and radical newspapers in the courts. He was among the founders of ''Italia e Popolo'' and h ...
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Minister Of Agriculture (Italy)
The minister of agriculture, food sovereignty and forests is the head of the Republic of Italy's Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (Italy), Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests. The ministry had been abolished by Referendums in Italy, legislative referendum in 1993, during a period of great upheaval and financial sacrifices, but it was reconstituted in the same year until it assumed the current name in 2006. The current minister of the is Francesco Lollobrigida, of the Brothers of Italy party, who he is serving since 22 October 2022, in the government of Giorgia Meloni. List of ministers of agriculture Kingdom of Italy Parties: * ** ** ** ** * ** * ** ** Coalitions: * ** * ** * ** ** Italian Republic Parties: * ** * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Coalitions: * ** ** ** ** ** * ** ** ** Timeline Kingdom of Italy Italian Republic References

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Goffredo Mameli
Goffredo Mameli (; 5 September 1827 – 6 July 1849) was an Italian patriot, poet, writer and a notable figure in the Risorgimento. He is also the author of the lyrics of "Il Canto degli Italiani", the national anthem of Italy. Biography The son of an aristocratic Sardinian admiral, Mameli was from Genoa where he was born, and where his father was in command of the fleet of the Kingdom of Sardinia. At the age of seven he was sent to Sardinia, to his grandfather's place, to escape the risk of cholera, but soon came back to Genoa to complete his studies. The achievements of Mameli's very short life are concentrated in only two years, during which time he played major parts in insurrectional movements and the Risorgimento. In 1847 Mameli joined the ''Società Entelema'', a cultural movement that soon would have turned to a political movement, and here he became interested in the theories of Giuseppe Mazzini. Mameli is mostly known as the author of the lyrics of the Italian n ...
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Third Menabrea Government
The Menabrea III government of Italy held office from 13 May 1869 until 14 December 1869, a total of 215 days, or 7 months and 1 days. Government parties The government was composed by the following parties: Composition References {{Governments of the Kingdom of Italy Menabrea 3 1869 establishments in Italy ...
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Lanza Government
The Lanza government of Italy held office from 14 December 1869 until 10 July 1873, a total of 1,304 days, or 3 years, 6 months and 26 days. It is the second longest government in the history of the Kingdom of Italy, after the Mussolini Cabinet The Mussolini government was the longest-lasting government in the history of Italy. The Cabinet administered the country from 31 October 1922 to 25 July 1943, for a total of 7,572 days, or 20 years, 8 months and 25 days. On taking office, the .... Government parties The government was composed by the following parties: Composition References {{Governments of the Kingdom of Italy Italian governments 1869 establishments in Italy ...
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Albenga
Albenga (; ) is a city and ''comune'' situated on the Gulf of Genoa on the Italian Riviera in the Province of Savona in Liguria, northern Italy. Albenga has the nickname of ''city of a hundred spires''. The economy is mostly based on tourism, local commerce and agriculture. Albenga has six Hamlet (place), hamlets: Lusignano (Albenga), Lusignano, San Fedele, Albenga, San Fedele, Campochiesa (Albenga), Campochiesa, Leca (Albenga), Leca, Bastia (Albenga), Bastia, Salea (Albenga), Salea. The name The name of Albenga comes from the Latin ''Albíngaunum'' that comes from ''Album Ingaunum'', that it means the capital city + genitive plural in -um. The ethnonym Ingauni (Ingauners) consists of Indo-European languages, Indo-European origin, and a name of Gaulish-ligurian land. ''Album'' comes from ''"alb'' o ''alp"'' an ancient pre-Indo-European (rock, hill), often erroneously associated to "album" a Latin word meaning white or clear. The first name was Album Ingaunum, but when it was co ...
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ...
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Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini (, ; ; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of a republicanism of social-democratic inspiration, Mazzini helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state. Mazzini's thoughts had a very considerable influence on the Italian and European republican movements, in the Constitution of Italy, about Europeanism and more nuanced on many politicians of a later period, among them American president Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and Indian independence act ...
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Custoza
Custoza (; ) is a northern Italy, Italian village and hamlet () of Sommacampagna, a municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto. As of 2011, its population was 812. History The name of the village is derived from Latin ('protection' or 'wardenship'), since it was originally built as a watchtower over the Via Postumia. The earliest mention of Custoza is in a document dating from March 1185. The location is famous for Battle of Custoza (other), two battles fought during the Italian unification, Italian Independence Wars: the Battle of Custoza (1848), first in 1848 and the Battle of Custoza (1866), second in 1866, both against the Austrian Empire. In memory of them, the architect Giacomo Franco built the Ossuary of Custoza (), a war grave and memorial building opened in 1879.
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