Pietro Colletta
Pietro Colletta (born January 23, 1775 in Naples , † November 11, 1831 in Florence ) was a Neapolitan minister of war and historian.
Colletta joined the artillery corps in 1796 , was imprisoned for his political activities during the French invasion in 1798 and during the revolt against Ferdinand I of Naples after the return of the Bourbons , but soon found a job as a civil engineer again.
When Joseph Bonaparte became King of Naples in 1806, Colletta resigned from the army and distinguished himself during the siege of Gaeta , the occupation of Calabria and the capture of Capri that Joachim Murat made him Intendant of Calabria in 1808 and General and Director in 1812 of bridge and road construction. In 1815 he negotiated for the same with the Austrians in Casalanza .
Suspected after the Restoration of the Bourbons, he nonetheless remained indispensable in the service and held several high military posts one after the other.
After the outbreak of the revolution of 1820 , he restored order as General Commander in Sicily . The Austrian intervention called him back to Naples, and after he had been appointed Minister of War when the constitution was lost, he was taken as a prisoner of state to the Sant'Elmo castle and then exiled to Brno in Moravia .
In 1823 he was allowed to settle in Florence, where he made friends with Gino Capponi and devoted himself to historical studies. Here he wrote the famous Storia del reame di Napoli 1734-1825 (2 vols. Capolago 1834).
Pietro Colletta died in Florence on November 11, 1831.
literature
- Alfonso Scirocco: Colletta, Pietro. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 27: Collenuccio – Confortini. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1982.
- Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . , Vol. 4, Leipzig 1906, p. 226. ( digitized version )
- Pierer's Universal Lexicon . Vol. 4, Altenburg 1858, p. 261. ( digitized version )
- Herder's Conversations Lexicon . bd. 2, Freiburg im Breisgau 1854, p. 161. ( digitized version )
Web links
- Colletta, Pietro. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colletta, Pietro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Neapolitan Minister of War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1831 |
| Place of death | Florence |