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Since April 9, 1956, Rome and Paris are exclusively and reciprocally twinned with each other, with the popular saying: (in French) Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris. (in Italian) Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi. "Only Paris is worthy of Rome; only Rome is worthy of Paris." [1] [2]
The municipality of Paris refuses to loan King Charles VIII (Charles l'Affable) 100,000 écus for a military expedition to Italy, which it considers useless. 15 March – Founding of the convent of the Minimes at Chaillot. 1496 First recorded case of syphilis in Paris, brought from Italy by soldiers of Charles VIII. Foreigners in the city with ...
The population of Paris did not return to its 1936 level until 1946 and grew to 2,850,000 by 1954, including 135,000 immigrants, mostly from Algeria, Morocco, Italy and Spain. The exodus of middle-class Parisians to the suburbs continued.
The Tuscan Pius II, who took the reins after his death in 1458, was a great Humanist, but did little for Rome. During his reign Lorenzo Valla demonstrated that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery. Pius was the first Pope to use guns, in campaign against the rebel barons Savelli in the neighbourhood of Rome, in 1461.
The 1 a Squadra Aerea in northern Italy, the most powerful and well-equipped of Italy's squadre aeree, [k] was responsible for supporting operations on the Alpine front. [101] Italian aerial defences were weak. As early as August 1939 Italy had requested from Germany 150 batteries of 88-mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns. The request was renewed in ...
In 1870 after the French troops defending Rome were recalled because of the Franco-Prussian War, Victor Emmanuel seized the city in September, making it the capital of a new united Italy after its capture on September 20. The Black Nobility and most who held office in the Papal States lost their employment. Employees of papal institutes were ...
The Risorgimento movement emerged to unite Italy in the 19th century. Piedmont-Sardinia took the lead in a series of wars to liberate Italy from foreign control. Following three Wars of Italian Independence against the Habsburg Austrians in the north, the Expedition of the Thousand against the Bourbons of the Two Sicilies in the south, and the Capture of Rome, the unification of the country ...
This is a timeline of the unification of Italy. 1849 – August 24: Venice falls to Austrian forces that have crushed the rebellion in Venetia 1858 – Meeting at Plombieres : Napoleon III and Cavour decide to stage a war with Austria, in return for Piedmont gaining Lombardy, Venetia, Parma and Modena, and France gaining Savoy and Nice.