Luciano Manara

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Luciano Manara, monument by Francesco Barzaghi in the Giardini pubblici in Milan (1894)

Luciano Manara (born March 25, 1825 in Antegnate near Bergamo , † June 30, 1849 in Rome ) was an Italian freedom fighter and soldier .

Risorgimento

Luciano Manara distinguished himself in 1848 in the five-day popular uprising against Austrian rule in Milan . There he conquered the Porta Tosa (today Porta Vittoria ) at the head of insurgents . Immediately afterwards he took part in the first Italian war of unification , in which he first led a volunteer association, then a regular Piedmontese Bersaglieri unit. He then took part in the defense of the Roman Republic and became Garibaldi's chief of staff . Manara fell on June 30, 1849 while fighting French troops in Rome .

Only after years of requests from relatives did the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I allow Manara's burial in his Lombard homeland in 1853 , whereby the public was excluded ex officio.

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SURNAME Manara, Luciano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian freedom fighter and soldier
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Antegnate at Bergamo
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1849
Place of death Rome