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Official website. Cavour ( Italian pronunciation: [kaˈvur]; from the Piedmontese toponym, Cavor [kaˈʋʊr]; Latin: Caburrum) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Turin . Cavour borders the following municipalities: Macello, Vigone ...
As prime minister, Cavour successfully negotiated Piedmont's way through the Crimean War, the Second Italian War of Independence, and Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand, managing to manoeuvre Piedmont diplomatically to become a new great power in Europe, controlling a nearly united Italy that was five times as large as Piedmont had been ...
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Camillo Benso, count di Cavour was a Piedmontese statesman, a conservative whose exploitation of international rivalries and of revolutionary movements brought about the unification of Italy (1861) under the House of Savoy, with himself as the first prime minister of the new kingdom.
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When Camillo Cavour was born in Torino, on 10 August 1810 inside his family’s 18th century palace, Piedmont was ruled by the French. At the peak of his imperial rule, Napoleon dominated most of Europe. In just over a decade History had changed its course, on a large scale and also on a small one.
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour, (born Aug. 10, 1810, Turin, Piedmont, French Empire—died June 6, 1861, Turin, Italy), Italian statesman, leading figure of the Risorgimento. Influenced by revolutionary ideas from an early age, he traveled to Paris and London and in 1847 founded the liberal newspaper Il Risorgimento , and he helped persuade ...
On April 23 an insulting and unacceptable ultimatum demanded the demobilization of Piedmontese troops. Piedmont rejected the ultimatum, and Austria declared war three days later. As Cavour had hoped and planned, France honoured its alliance with Piedmont. In June 1859 the allies won bloody battles at Magenta, Solferino, and San Martino.
Explore. The Statesmanship of Cavour. By Andrew D. White. April 1907 Issue. II. CAMILLO BENSO, — Count Cavour, — who now, in 1848, rose rapidly above Piedmont and Italy, attracting the...
