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Genoa, which forms the southern corner of the Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial triangle of north-west Italy, is one of the country’s major economic centers. The city soon gained a reputation as a hotbed of anti-Savoy republican agitation (having its climax in 1849 with the Sack of Genoa), although the union with Savoy was economically very beneficial. With the growth of the Risorgimento movement, the Genoese turned their struggles from Giuseppe Mazzini's vision of a local republic into a struggle for a unified Italy under a liberalized Savoy monarchy. In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi set out from Genoa with over a thousand volunteers to begin the campaign. Today a monument is set on the rock where the group departed from. |
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People:
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  Brayda, RiccardoRiccardo Brayda received a degree in civil engineering in 1874. In 1879, he became an assistant to Professor Angelo Reycend in the Scuola di Applicazione per Ingegneri (today’s Politecnico) where he taught until 1901. In 1901 he resigned from his academic post in order to focus on his commercial affairs and administrative career within the city of Turin. In Turin, he covered many public roles, such as city councilor, member of the General Committee of the Civic Museum of Turin and of the Committee for the Preservation of Historical Monuments and Art Works. He also served as council member in the Special Services and Public Work Committee, and was member of the Commission of Urban and Rural Police. In addition, he was project manager for many public events in Turin, and designed a number of buildings such as the Palace for the International Exposition of 1884. Because of his archeological interests and his expertise in medieval history, he played a crucial role in the design of the Medieval Castle and Village in Valentino Park with architect Alfredo D’Andrade.
Morasso, MarioAs a journalist, poet, sports reporter, political and literary writer, Mario Morasso collaborated with some of the most renowned magazines and newspapers of his time, including La Gazzetta di Venezia, L’Illustrazione italiana, Il Campo, Il regno, Vita d’arte, and Il Marzocco. In 1907 he moved to Milan, where he founded the sports magazine Motori, aero, cicli e sport. Considered as one of the precursors of the Futurist movement, he strongly supported the myth of modernity, with an emphasis on the cult of individualism, military aggression, and technology. His works include Uomini e idee del domani (l'egoarchia) (1898), L'imperialismo artistico (1903), La nuova arma (la macchina) (1905), Il nuovo aspetto meccanico del mondo (1907), and La nuova guerra (1914).
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