Revyakina N.V. International congress «Italian Unity through the eyes of Europe»

Abstract: the article gives the review of International congress “The Unity of Italy Through the Eyes of Europe”, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy and held on September 15–19, 2011 in Turin and Moncalieri at the initiative of Inter-University Center for the Study of Travel in Italy and the European Library of Culture “Victor Del Litho”. The main theme of the congress was view of the Europeans on events in Italy, associated with the expulsion of foreigners and the national unification of the country: impressions of volunteers —direct participants of the movement for national unification, evidence of foreigners (correspondence, letters, diaries), the response of European states to the unification of Italy, women’s participation in events of 1860s, etc. Strong emotional response from Europeans and Americans is an evidence of worm emotional support.

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