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Francesco Carandini (13 November 1858 - 23 October 1946) was an Italian poet and historian.


Biography

He was born in Colleretto Parella, in the house of Giacosa, by the Marquis Federico and Elisa Realis, sister Paola, mother of Joseph and Piero Giacosa. He graduated in law at Turin in 1887 and began his career as Prefect of Perugia, he was secretary to the prefectures of
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during the 1915-1918 war, then prefect in Forlì, Verona and Udine. In May 1923 he resigned rather than serve the Fascist government and devoted himself to historical studies. He passionately loved Parella, where in 1935 he built a villa, the "house on the hill" he had long dreamed of and desired.


Bibliography

Of the seventy writings of Carandini, the most known is "Old Ivrea" which still represents a unique source of news, facts, data about the past of
Ivrea Ivrea (; ; ; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is ...
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External links


list of all editions of Vecchia Ivrea
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carandini, Francesco 1946 deaths 1858 births Italian poets 20th-century Italian historians People from Colleretto Giacosa