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 Giuseppe Garibaldi and 4317 Garibaldi Asteroid - Pisa, Italia Posted by:  razalas
N 43° 42.988 E 010° 24.132
32T E 612954 N 4841337
Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi located on a square that has is name in the city of Pisa.
Waymark Code: WMZGHM
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 11/09/2018
Views: 2
This real size statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi is made of bronze and sits on a stone pedestal, it's a work of Ettore Ferrari and was created in 1892. The statue is located in a square that has the name of Garibaldi.
The wikipedia tell us about the Giuseppe Garibaldi:
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"Giuseppe Garibaldi (4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general and nationalist. A republican, he contributed to the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered one of the greatest generals of modern times and one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland" along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini.
Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in Brazil, Uruguay and Europe. He commanded and fought in many military campaigns that led eventually to the Italian unification. In 1848, the provisional government of Milan made Garibaldi a general, and in 1849, the Minister of War promoted him to General of the Roman Republic to lead the Expedition of the Thousand on behalf and with the consent of Victor Emmanuel II. His last military campaign took place during the Franco-Prussian War, as commander of the Army of the Vosges.
Garibaldi was very popular in Italy and abroad, aided by exceptional international media coverage at the time. Many great intellectuals of the time, such as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand, showered him with admiration. The United Kingdom and the United States helped him a great deal, offering him financial and military support in difficult circumstances. In the popular telling of his story, he is associated with the red shirts that his volunteers, the Garibaldini, wore in lieu of a uniform."
The Portugese wikipedia page tell us about the 4317 Garibaldi:
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"Garibaldi (asteroid 4317) is a main waist asteroid with a diameter of 49.5 kilometers, to 3.3498454 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1598283 and an orbital period of 2 907.92 days (7.96 years).
Garibaldi has an average orbital velocity of 14.91641238 km / s and a slope of 9.82409º.
This asteroid was discovered on February 19, 1980 by Zdenka Vávrová.
Its name is a homage to Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionary who participated in the Revolution Farroupilha."
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Celestial Body: Asteroid
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