Curiosità

The ring of the cruiser “Ferruccio” The ring of the cruiser “Ferruccio” On 23 April 1902, at the Arsenale in Venice, the ship of the Regia Marina “Francesco Ferruccio” was launched, an armoured cruiser of the Garibaldi class, weighing 7460 … Read More

Florentine Calcio Storico and the siege match Florentine Calcio Storico and the siege match The most memorable football match in period costume was played during the days of the siege of Florence, on the 17th of February 1530, during the … Read More

Ferrucci… as a comic strip! Ferrucci… as a comic strip! The republican epic and the events in the life of Francesco Ferrucci and the battle of Gavinana were also narrated in a comic script. In 1939 the Florence publishing house … Read More

Geri and Ferruccio Geri and Ferruccio Giuseppe Geri, or Geri di Gavinana (1889-1975), the poet “of small things” as he called himself, dedicated to Ferrucci at least three poems. In 1929, in the collection “Fiori di bosco” – the only … Read More

The Canto of 1847 The Canto of 1847 On 10 October 1847, during the celebrations leading to the inauguration of the honorary epigraphs for Francesco Ferrucci, young people and the population of Gavinana sang together the first two stanzas of … Read More

The Prince of Orange’s epitaph The Prince of Orange’s epitaph On 25 October 1530, two months and three weeks after the battle of Gavinana, the body of Prince d’Orange – who had died in battled – was finally laid to … Read More

A national hero against tubercolosis A national hero against tubercolosis Between 1931 and 1940 the “Federazione Italiana Nazionale Fascista per la lotta contro la tubercolosi”, every year, issued a set of ten revenue stamps to fund the fight against tubercolosis. … Read More

Ferrucci’s death in Lavazza collection cards Ferrucci’s death in Lavazza collection cards Following the example of what had been done by Liebig, Lavazza – a celebrated Italian coffe brande – started in 1949 to publish collection cards in 7×11 cm … Read More

D’Azeglio’s epigraph D’Azeglio’s epigraph In the 1830s the question arose of preserving the historical memory of Ferrucci and of the battle of Gavinana: it was Massimo Taparelli d’Azeglio – during a brief stay in the mountains around Pistoia – who … Read More

Ferrucci in the Inno di Mameli Ferrucci in the Inno di Mameli Francesco Ferrucci’s heroism was also acknowledged in our national anthem. Canto degli Italiani, whose name was later changed to Fratelli d’Italia, was written in 1847 by the Geonoese … Read More