October 18, 2011
06:00 pm

A Safe-Haven for Italian Risorgimento's Founding Fathers Switzerland

Italian Cultural Institute in New York
686 Park Ave
10065 New York, NY
United States

Conference by Moreno Bernasconi, chief-editor of Corriere del Ticino, on the history of prominent Italian patriots and exiles to Switzerland (particularly Canton Ticino) in the days of Risorgimento.

Giuseppe Mazzini, Andrea Costa, Carlo Cafiero, Carlo Cattaneo and others contributed much to the ideals of liberty and self-determination in both countries.