Colomba Antonietti
Colomba Antonietti (born October 19, 1826 in Bastia Umbra , † June 13, 1849 in Rome ) was an Italian patriot who fell during the First Italian War of Independence . Today streets and schools bear her name.
Life
The parents - the baker Michele Antonietti and his wife Diana Trabalza - moved to Foligno with their children . It was there that 15-year-old Colomba met Count Luigi Porzi, a cadet in the papal troop. The socially unequal couple married on December 13, 1846 against the wishes of their relatives in Foligno. The count went with his wife to Bologna , where his mother lived, and later to Rome. The husband's battalion was stationed there. Porzi was promoted to lieutenant, but had to spend a while in the Castel Sant'Angelo on half pay because he had married illegally.
After she had cut her hair the male fashion, Colomba joined the Garibaldi Freischar in spring 1849 , where she served as a shooter . During the defense of the Roman Republic , she fought against the Spanish Bourbons in Velletri and Palestrina in mid-May 1849 . Then she took part in the defense of Rome against that of Pope Pius IX. French expeditionary force called for help under General Oudinot . On June 13th, Colomba was fatally wounded during a French cannonade at Porta San Pancrazio. Dying in her husband's arms, Colomba is said to have whispered: “Viva l'Italia” (Long live Italy).
Appreciations
- In Rome, in the collection of monuments to patriots on the Gianicolo, there is a bust of Colomba Antonietti, the only one of a woman. In 1932 a school in Rome was named after her.
- In 1964, a memorial was erected on Piazza Cavour in front of the town hall at her birthplace, Bastia Umbra. This replaced that of Vincenzo Rosignoli in Piazza Mazzini in 1910, from which some decorative parts had been taken over for the new monument. A plaque was placed on the house where she was born. Also in Bastia Umbra, a middle school bears the name of Colomba Antonietti, as well as a street near the central square of the town.
- In Foligno a street was named after Colomba Antonietti in 1865 and a fresco by the painter Mariano Piervittori from the years 1886–1887 can be seen in the council chamber of the city palace . Colomba Antonietti dies for the defense of Rome in 1849
- Since June 2012 there is a street in Medole called Colomba Antoniettis.
- In Cagliari ( Sardinia ) a street in the Pirri district was named after her.
literature
- Ricarda Huch : The stories of Garibaldi . With an afterword by Günter Adler . 683 pages. Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1986, © 1921 Insel-Verlag Leipzig, ISBN 3-7351-0006-6
- Colomba Antonietti Porzi on the website of the Assemblea Legislativa della Regione Emilia-Romagna (Italian; PDF)
Web links
- Entry at Enciclopedie on line treccani.it (Italian)
Remarks
- ↑ The article was written on the basis of Colomba Antonietti (Italian).
- ↑ The historian Ricarda Huch in the first part of her has stories of Garibaldi put a lasting monument to the struggle of the heroine of the Roman Republic. (Huch, p. 105, 8. Zvo, p. 208 bottom and p. 261 middle)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Museum of the Roman Republic 1849 ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antonietti, Colomba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Porzi Antonietti, Colomba |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian freedom fighter during the Risorgimento |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bastia Umbra |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1849 |
| Place of death | Rome |