Apr. 30 – “A citizen of the world” is how Alfonso Scirocco, one of Garibaldi’s chief biographers, described him. The label “Hero of Two Worlds” is the one that most often accompanies the figure of Giuseppe Garibaldi, who fought for the freedom of the people in Brazil at the side of the Republic of Rio Grande do Sul and then in Uruguay, in favor of Fructuoso Rivera against Oribe. Garibaldi went on to lead the Spring of the Peoples of 1848-49 and gave life, a decade later, to the Mille Expedition, a decisive step in Italy’s unification history. And so the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires is dedicating an exhibition to the mighty persona of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Open until May 15 in the Rome Hall of the Institute, the exhibition displays the original unpublished journals from 1860 to 1880with lithography engravings, written in France, England and Argentina, accompanied by articles and photographs, as well as informative texts on the life of Garibaldi and videos. The event was organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires in collaboration with the Museum of Dibujo y la Ilustración, and the Dante Alighieri Association of Buenos Aires. (Red)
