L'eroe Dei Due Mondi ✭
Garibaldi led the defense of Rome against French intervention. Though the republic fell, his heroic retreat across central Italy cemented his status as a national legend.
In Brazil, he met Anita Ribeiro, who became his wife and fellow revolutionary, fighting alongside him until her tragic death in 1849. The Second World: The Unification of Italy L'eroe dei due mondi
Garibaldi returned to Italy in 1848, a year of widespread revolution across Europe. His efforts were dedicated to the Risorgimento —the movement to unify the fractured Italian states into a single nation. Garibaldi led the defense of Rome against French