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An early Italian Renaissance painter.

Fra Angelico

An early Italian Renaissance painter.

(1474-1533) Italian poet.

Ludovico Ariosto

(1474-1533) Italian poet.

(1377-1446) Italian architects during the Renaissance who worked mostly in Florence.

Filippo Brunelleschi

(1377-1446) Italian architects during the Renaissance who worked mostly in Florence.

Distinguished Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet.

Michael Angelo Buonarroti

Distinguished Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet.

An Italian explorer.

Sebastian Cabot

An Italian explorer.

A leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification. He was also the first Prime Minister of Italy.

Count Cavour

A leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification. He was also the first Prime Minister of…

An Italian explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents.

Christopher Columbus

An Italian explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the…

An Italian explorer who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in the American continents.

Christopher Columbus

An Italian explorer who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed in the American continents.

An Italian politician who was instrumental in the formation of the united country.

Francesco Crispi

An Italian politician who was instrumental in the formation of the united country.

Famous Italian poet

Alighieri Dante

Famous Italian poet

"Garibaldi was a patriot who started up a revolt in Sicily and took possession of the island, then passed over to Naples and overthrew the tyrant. This was done without the consent of Sardinia, but that kingdom profited none the less from its results. About the same time trouble with the papal states had led to the sending of a Sardinian army into the pope's dominions, and the annexation of the greater part of them to Sardinia. Garibaldi, after his success in Naples and Sicily, saluted the Sardinian king as King of Italy, and by a vote of the people Naples and Sicily joined Sardinia. A parliament of united Italy was opened in 1861, but ten years passed before unity was complete."—Colby, 1899

Garibaldi

"Garibaldi was a patriot who started up a revolt in Sicily and took possession of the island, then passed…

An Italian military and political figure.

Garibaldi

An Italian military and political figure.

(1807-1882) Italian patriot and hero known as a great military and political leader.

Giuseppe Garibaldi

(1807-1882) Italian patriot and hero known as a great military and political leader.

Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 - June 2, 1882) was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection. He then contributed to the independence of Uruguay, leading the Italian Legion in the Uruguayan Civil War, and afterwards returned to Italy as a commander in the conflicts of the Risorgimento. He has been dubbed the "Hero of the Two Worlds" in tribute to his military expeditions in both South America and Europe. He is considered an Italian national hero.

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 - June 2, 1882) was an Italian military and political figure. In his…

This painting, by Titian, is of the Dutches of Urbino. The painting can now be found hanging in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.

La Donna

This painting, by Titian, is of the Dutches of Urbino. The painting can now be found hanging in the…

Pope of Rome, son of Count Ludovico Pecci, born in Carpineto, Italy, March 2, 1810. In 1818 he entered the Jesuit college at Viterbo, later studied at the Collegio Romanio, and taught philosophy in German College.

Leo XIII

Pope of Rome, son of Count Ludovico Pecci, born in Carpineto, Italy, March 2, 1810. In 1818 he entered…

A famous Italian artist, mathematician, and engineer.

Leonardo da Vinci

A famous Italian artist, mathematician, and engineer.

Engineer and inventor, born near Bologna, Italy, in 1875. He developed material results in wireless telegraphy.

William Marconi

Engineer and inventor, born near Bologna, Italy, in 1875. He developed material results in wireless…

An Italian patriot who helped bring about the modern Italian state in place of the several separate states.

Giuseppe Mazzini

An Italian patriot who helped bring about the modern Italian state in place of the several separate…

Lorenzo de' Medici (January 1, 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death; two years later the French invasion of 1494 began and led to nearly 400 years of foreign occupation of the Italian peninsula.

Lorenzo de' Medici

Lorenzo de' Medici (January 1, 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of…

Member of the powerful Visconti family of Lombardy

Giovanni Misconti

Member of the powerful Visconti family of Lombardy

Member of the powerful Visconti family of Lombardy

Matteo Misconti

Member of the powerful Visconti family of Lombardy

The Prime Minister of Italy from 1917 to 1919.

Vittorio Orlando

The Prime Minister of Italy from 1917 to 1919.

An Italian Dominican priest of Florence, Italy. He is best known for his acts of book burning.

Savonarola

An Italian Dominican priest of Florence, Italy. He is best known for his acts of book burning.

(1528-1588) Italian painter of the Venitian school

Paul (Paulo) Veronese

(1528-1588) Italian painter of the Venitian school

The King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. In 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy, which he held until his death in 1878.

Victor Emmanuel II

The King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. In 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy,…

The King of Italy from 1861 to 1878.

Victor Emmanuel II

The King of Italy from 1861 to 1878.