Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin)

Historical and military museum in Turin, Italy

National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento

Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano

Location within Turin

Established| 1878
Location| Turin, Italy
Coordinates| 45°04′09″N 7°41′06″W﻿ / ﻿45.0691°N 7.6851°W﻿ / 45.0691; -7.6851
Type| Historical and military museum
Collections| period spanning from the Siege of Turin (1706) to the foundation of the Italian Republic (1946)
Visitors| 150,000 (2016)
Director| Umberto Levra
Website| www.museorisorgimentotorino.it

The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento (Italian: Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano) is the first, the biggest and the most important among the 23 museums in Italy dedicated to the Risorgimento; and the only one which can be considered "national" according to a 1901 law, and due to its rich and great collections. It is housed in the Palazzo Carignano in Turin.

## History

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The museum was established in 1878, shortly after Italian unification, even though it only had its first permanent exhibition in 1908. Originally located in the Mole Antonelliana, in 1938 it was moved to its current site (which had previously housed the Subalpine Chamber of Deputies, from 1848 to 1860, and then the first Italian Chamber of Deputies, from 1861 to 1865).

## Displays

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Its exhibits include weapons, flags, uniforms, printed and written documents (including the original manuscript of the song Il Canto degli Italiani, dated 10 November 1847 by Goffredo Mameli, now Italian national anthem since 1946), and artworks. The new exhibition, which opened on 18 March 2011, occupies about 3500 square metres across 30 rooms, and covers the real Risorgimento period, stretching from the late 18th century revolutions to the beginning of the First World War. It includes a specialized library, a print cabinet and a documentary archive.

## Further reading

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* Museo nazionale del risorgimento italiano. 1906

## External links

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* Media related to Museo del Risorgimento (Turin) at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

45°04′08″N 7°41′09″E﻿ / ﻿45.0688°N 7.6859°E﻿ / 45.0688; 7.6859

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Tourism in Turin

Archaeological sites|

* Palatine Towers

Basilica and Cathedral|

* Turin Cathedral
* Shroud of Turin
* Basilica of Corpus Domini
* Basilica of Our Lady
* Basilica of Superga
* Santuario della Consolata

Churches|

* Chapel of the Holy Shroud
* San Lorenzo
* Gran Madre di Dio
* Madonna del Pilone
* Monte dei Cappuccini
* San Domenico
* San Filippo Neri
* San Dalmazzo
* Santa Teresa

Squares|

* Piazza Carlo Felice
* Piazza Castello
* Piazza San Carlo
* Piazza Statuto
* Piazza Vittorio Veneto

Other structures|

* Castello del Valentino
* Lingotto
* Mole Antonelliana
* Palazzo Carignano
* Palazzo Chiablese
* Palazzo Madama
* Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
* University Library
* Villa della Regina
* Royal Palace with Armory and Royal Library

Theatres|

* Teatro Carignano
* Teatro Regio

Museums|

* Galleria Sabauda
* J-Museum
* Museo Civico d'Arte Antica
* Museo Egizio
* Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
* Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando
* Museum of the Risorgimento
* Oriental Art Museum
* National Museum of Cinema
* Natural History Museum

Gardens and parks|

* Parco del Valentino
* Botanical Garden

Sporting scenaries|

* Juventus Stadium
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Events and traditions|

* Italian Environmental Film Festival
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* Turin International Book Fair
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Unification of Italy (Risorgimento)

Pre-unitary states|

* Kingdom of Sardinia (House of Savoy)
* Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
* Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
* Papal States
* Grand Duchy of Tuscany
* Duchy of Parma
* Duchy of Modena and Reggio

Timeline|

* Rimini Proclamation
* Carbonari
* Revolutions during the 1820s
* Revolutions of 1830
* Young Italy
* Neo-Guelphism
* Revolutions of 1848
* Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states
* Republic of San Marco
* Roman Republic
* Quadrilatero
* First Italian War of Independence
* Five Days of Milan
* Sortie on Mestre
* Sicilian revolution of 1848
* Ten Days of Brescia
* Belfiore martyrs
* Crimean War
* Plombières Agreement
* Second Italian War of Independence
* United Provinces of Central Italy
* Expedition of the Thousand
* Dictatorship of Garibaldi
* Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
* Brigandage in Southern Italy after 1861
* Roman Question
* Third Italian War of Independence
* Capture of Rome
* Law of Guarantees
* Italian entry into World War I
* Impresa di Fiume

Symbols|

* Cockade of Italy
* Flag of Italy

Main leaders|

* Massimo d'Azeglio
* Agostino Bertani
* Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
* Celso Ceretti
* Federico Confalonieri
* Francesco Crispi
* Giuseppe Garibaldi
* Daniele Manin
* Giuseppe Mazzini
* Bettino Ricasoli
* Aurelio Saffi
* Annibale Santore di Santarosa
* Ruggero Settimo
* Victor Emmanuel II

Literature and philosophy|

* Giovanni Arrivabene
* Cesare Balbo
* Giosuè Carducci
* Carlo Cattaneo
* Felice Cavallotti
* Vincenzo Cuoco
* Giuseppe Ferrari
* Ugo Foscolo
* Vincenzo Gioberti
* Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
* Giacomo Leopardi
* Francesco Lomonaco
* Goffredo Mameli
* Alessandro Manzoni
* Ippolito Nievo
* Silvio Pellico
* Carlo Pisacane
* Gian Domenico Romagnosi
* Antonio Rosmini
* Francesco Saverio Salfi

Opponents|

* Pope Pius IX
* Franz Joseph I of Austria
* Francis II of the Two Sicilies
* Klemens von Metternich
* Joseph Radetzky von Radetz

Museums|

* Museum of the Risorgimento (Bologna)
* Museum of the Risorgimento (Milan)
* Museum of the Risorgimento (Rome)
* Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin)
* Tricolour Flag Museum

National days|

* Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
* National Unity and Armed Forces Day

Other|

* Altare della Patria
* Italian irredentism
* Italian nationalism
* Redshirts
* Revisionism of Risorgimento
* Southern question
* Third Rome

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
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National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data

Other|

* IdRef

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