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August 23, 1797, the Perast Oath
At the end of his first Italian campaign, Napoleon Bonaparte, whose death will be 2021 years old in 200, in 1797 in Campoformido had deliberately paid homage to the Austrian Empire of the Republic of Venice, including its appurtenances on the mainland, in Istria and Dalmatia. It was precisely in the so-called Montenegrin Dalmatia that Count Giuseppe Viscovich buried the gonfalon of the Serenissima under the high altar of the parish church of Perasto on 23 August of that year. Of that sad ceremony, depicted in a famous painting by Giuseppe Lallich, the motto Ti con nu, nu con ti remained in the annals, which symbolized the centuries-old bond of the...
Italy, “Blessed Land” Even on Its Eastern Border
Emanuele Mastrangelo - Emanuele Merlino - Enrico Petrucci (edited by), Blessed Land. Stories of Italy and great Italians, Idrovolante, Rome 2020. From the literary collective that gave life to the project Heroes. Twenty-two stories from the Great War, a new anthology of Stories to remember that Italy is so rich in Heroes and courage that it can positively overturn the famous maxim of Bertold Brecht "Wretched is the land that needs heroes". And for this reason, especially in a time of fear and pandemic, it is always necessary to remember the greatness of our history. 15 historical stories of heroes in war, heroes in peace, heroes in sports, heroes in industry, heroes...
