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Nizza
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:54:07 +0200, Luca Logi wrote:
Barbara Vaughan wrote: I had never heard of Nizza until I came to Italy, and it took me a while to realize it was Nice. From 1338 Nizza (aka as Nice) belonged to the Savoia family, and was transferred to France only in 1860, in a complex politic and military deal that leveraged the birth of the united Italy kingdom under the Savoia - to the grief, for example, of the Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi that was born there and considered giving it to the French as little short of a treason. And of course, the Nicois dialect sounds quite Italian to me... BTW, Grimaldi sounds Italian to be too. |
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Luca Logi wrote: Barbara Vaughan wrote: I had never heard of Nizza until I came to Italy, and it took me a while to realize it was Nice. From 1338 Nizza (aka as Nice) belonged to the Savoia family, and was transferred to France only in 1860, in a complex politic and military deal that leveraged the birth of the united Italy kingdom under the Savoia - to the grief, for example, of the Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi that was born there and considered giving it to the French as little short of a treason. Wasn't there a referendum in Nizza/Nice at that time, in which the option of transfer to France won? (I seem to remember reading this but I could be wrong, as my knowledge of Italian history is not yet up to par!) Barbara |
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Nizza
Barbara Vaughan wrote:
Wasn't there a referendum in Nizza/Nice at that time, in which the option of transfer to France won? (I seem to remember reading this but I could be wrong, as my knowledge of Italian history is not yet up to par!) Exactly. http://www.herodote.net/histoire03241.htm -- Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: |
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Nizza
"tim" wrote in news:bk53jh$tbc$06$1
@news.t-online.com: "Marco Andrey" wrote in message ... "Nice" could create missunderstandings. with what? a packet of biscuits! with the adjective perhaps? Nizza Um, I wonder how many people haven't the faintest idea where it is? is clearer. marco |
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