Pietro Beltrami

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Count Pietro Beltrami (born June 2, 1812 in Bagnacavallo , † December 20, 1872 in Florence ) was an Italian supporter of the Carbonari and later businessman and politician .

Life

Count Pietro Beltrami was the only son of Count Vincenzo Beltrami of Bagnacavallo and his wife Santa Mascagni. From an early age he was close to the Italian Carbonari , which was the most important of the secret societies that were involved in the further development of the Italian unification movement of the Risorgimento . He was one of the leading insurgents from the ranks of Carbonari, which on 29 September 1845 in the area of Faenza in today's region Emilia-Romagna against the troops of the Papal States fought to the territory of the Duchy of Tuscany to join. However, the battle ended in defeat for the insurgents.

Exile and return

After the uprising was put down, Beltrami fled to France and went into political exile for a few years. After an amnesty, however, he returned to his homeland and fought in the first Italian war of independence . He then went to Turin , where he made contact with Count Camillo Benso von Cavour , who, as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, promoted Italian unification. After the unification of Italy, Count Pietro Beltrami was a deputy in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy between 1861 and 1865.

Land in Sardinia

Beltrami acquired large estates in Sardinia during this time and became notorious for cutting down huge oak forests in Sardinia in order to supply the Italian railway network, which was under construction, with sleepers. That is why the local population gave it the dubious nickname " Atilla of the Sardinian Forests ". He finally died in Florence in 1872.

literature

  • Arianna Scolari Sellerio:  Beltrami, Pietro. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 8:  Bellucci – Beregan. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1966.
  • Conspirazioni di Romagna e Bologna: nelle memorie di Federico Comandini e di altri patriotti del tempo 1831-1857

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personal data
SURNAME Beltrami, Pietro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beltrami, Count Pietro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian supporter of the Carbonari and later entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Bagnacavallo
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1872
Place of death Florence