WHY “HERO OF THE TWO WORLDS”?

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His native city

LEADER IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ITALIAN UNIFICATION AND

INDEPENDENCE

1833 HE JOINED

MAZZINI’S MOVEMENT“THE YOUNG

ITALY” 1834

HE WAS ORDERED TO SEIZE A WARSHIP, BUT THE PLOT

WAS DISCOVERED BY POLICE AND HE WAS CONDEMNED

TO DEATH!

HE ESCAPED TO SOUTH AMERICA WHERE HE LIVED FOR 12 YEARS!

- Garibaldi’s exile - (South America 1835-1848)

1842During the Uruguayan Civil War he fought in defence of Uruguay and its capital Montevideo against the Argentinian dictator

1836He took up the cause of independence of the Republic of Rio Grande do Sul against the Brazilian government

His strong and rebellious wife who fought alongside

her husband.Heroine of the struggle for

Italian unification.

1839

SECOND Italian War of Independence

THIRD Italian War of Independence

In less than three months he conquered the entire island of Sicily…

The popular name derives from the red shirts worn by the volunteers who followed Garibaldi in the invasion of Sicily and southern Italy.

They wore red t-shirt to distinguish themselves from the enemy. Garibaldi took the idea from the

red shirts worn by the gauchos in South America

Sailing from near Genoawith about 1,000 men

(On May 6)

He reached Marsala in Sicily (on May 11)

Became the CONQUEROR of The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Naples and Sicily)

He proclamated the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

Garibaldi- Meucci Museum (New York)

Garibaldi Oregon Museum

Piazza De Ferrari , Genova