Piero Francesco Bargellini (5 August 1897 – 28 February 1980) was an Italian politician, writer and journalist, who served as

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(1968–1969),

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(1968–1972) and

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(1972–1976).

Biography

In 1929 Bargellini founded, together with writers Carlo Betocchi and Nicola Lisi, the literary magazine '' Il Frontespizio''. His own largely popularizing writing covered studies of the figurative arts, biographies of saints and poets, histories of places or events especially relating to

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and

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. Between 1945 and 1952 he published ''Pian dei Giullari'', a twelve-volume history of

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. He worked for much of his life as a

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in Florence. Elected

in 1968, he became a

(1968–1972) and a

(1972–1976) in the

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References

1897 births 1980 deaths Mayors of Florence Deputies of Legislature VI of Italy Senators of Legislature V of Italy {{Italy-mayor-stub