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Source: Stragliati, The five days. The painting – depicting the people’s insurrection of March 22nd , in 1848 - highlights how exultantly the Austrian troops were chased away from Milan after five days of fighting. The event would later become a symbol of the Italian ’48.
1848-’49 in Italy: a war of people, a war of armies
Author:
- Cinzia Crivellari
Università Ca’ Foscari – Venezia
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