Piedmont Sardinia http:// www.youtube.com/ watch? v=WsB9P5ziaCM by Barnab y Jack Anna
Jan 28, 2015
Piedmont
Sardinia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsB9P5ziaCM
by
Barnaby
JackAnna
Sardinia!Giovanni Maria Angioy Natinal Hero
Flag
Sea
The festival of Sant'Efisio
Vandal Coin
Giant’s GraveTharros
Prehistoric temple of Monte d'Accoddi
Nuraghe Losa
The proclamation of the Republic of Sassari
A Mamuthones and an Issohadore,
Rock Lobster
Scampi
Sweets
Launeddas
Wedding Cake
Narughe
Piedmont!
Castelrosso cheese
Bagna càuda featured in Babylon 5
Bicerin
Bra (cheese)
Corzetti
Gianduiotto
Turin
Primo LeviChemist and Writer
Blockbuster
Gianni Agnelli founder of Fiat
Carla Bruni
Piedmontese language
Castelmagno cheese
Piedmontese Cattle
Gianduja
Krumiri
Sacro Monte di Crea
Venchi
Lacábon
Piemonte Wine
The Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi
Nutella
The Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
• The Crown of Sardinia was awarded to King Victor Amadeus II of Savoy under the Treaty of The London (1720). This compensated him for the loss of the crown of Sicily to Austria and allowed him to retain the title of king
• In 1792, Piedmont-Sardinia joined the First Coalition against the French First Republic, but was beaten in 1796 by Napoleon and forced to sign the Treaty of Paris.
• In 1798 Turin was occupied and Charles Emmanuel IV had to abdicate and go to Sardinia and the provisionary government voted to unite Piedmont with France.
• In 1814, the kingdom was restored and enlarged with the addition of the former Republic of Genoa
• The Kingdom of Sardinia industrialized from 1830 onward
Turin
Charles Albert• Charles Albert succeeded
Charles Felix to the throne of Sardinia in 1831
• Showed sympathy with rioters
• In March 1848 King Charles Albert promulgated a new constitution for Piedmont-Sardinia, the Statuto Albertino, which became the basis of the constitution of the new kingdom of Italy proclaimed by the first Italian parliament on March 17, 1861.
Victor Emmanuel I
• Returned to Turin in 1815 as one of the restored monarchs
• Abolished Code Napoleon and equal justice for all
• Used laws from 1800• Abdicated in 1821
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Came back to Piedmont in 1815, and tried to reinstate the pre-Napoleonic wars so he completely reworked the social and political systems by removing the Code Napoleon, and he restored the old government and law courts. Got rid of all the French stuff.
Born: 14 March 1820Reign (as King of Sardinia): 1849-1861Reign (as King of Italy): 1861-1878Died: 9 January 1878 (aged 57)
Full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia
• Invited Jesuits to return• Reinstated laws about Jewish people owning property, so they
had to live in ghettos• Returned the lands and power to the nobility and the Church
How Happy Were The People and Why?• Towards the end of the 18th century the population
Piedmont was mainly peasant, and there were high birth and death rates, coupled with short life expectancy
• On 28 April 1794, during an uprising in Cagliari, two Piedmontese officials were killed
• This lead to a revolt (called the "Moti rivoluzionari sardi" or "Vespri sardi") all over Sardinia, which culminated in the expulsion of the officers for a few days from the Capital Cagliari
Victor Amadeus III
Political Strength of the Region Very ambitious They sought Unification from early on After 1815 most key figures in unification came from
Piedmont, which meant they dominated the politics afterwards.
Up until 1815 they were the strongest political region, with a large army and an ability to switch allegiances quickly between Austria and France
Garibaldi, Mazzini, Count Camillo of Cavour
Economical Strength of the Region
Ambitions
• All the famous people from the unification came from Piedmont
• Nationalism started there• Politically ambitious- Always had favourable
position between Austria and France
Weaknesses
Key Risorgimento Figures
The Risorgimento was an ideological and literary movement that helped to arouse the national consciousness of the Italian people, and it led to a series of political events that freed the Italian states from foreign domination and united them politically.
Pier Alessandro Paravia was an Italian writer, scholar,
philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence at the
University of Turin.
Alfonso Ferrero, Cavaliere La Màrmora was an Italian general and statesman.
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian general and politician.
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, of
Isolabella and of Leri founder of the original Italian Liberal
Party and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia