|
Description:
|
Giovanni Barracco was an Italian politician and a classical antiquity collector. He served in important administrative and political posts in Rome (deputy 1861-1876, 1880-1886; senator since 1886) and in 1902 he donated a collection of Roman precious sculptures to the city. Since 1948, the art works of his collection (including Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Cypriot sculptures and general antiquity) are located in the Museum Piccola Farnesina at Baullari (Rome). |
|
Places:
|
  RomaRome became the focus of hopes of Italian reunification when the rest of Italy was reunited under the Kingdom of Italy with a temporary capital at Florence. In 1861, Rome was declared the capital of Italy even though it was still under the control of the Pope. During the 1860s, the last vestiges of the Papal States were under the French protection Napoleon III. And it was only when this was lifted in 1870, owing to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, that Italian troops were able to capture Rome entering the city through a breach near Porta Pia. Afterwards, Pope Pius IX declared himself as prisoner in the Vatican, and in 1871 the capital of Italy was moved from Florence to Rome. Rome is the current capital of Italy.
|