Today we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy as a single country in 1861, on March 17. I am not sure there is much to celebrate here (or elsewhere), but the “tricolori”, the Italian flags, are all over the city.
Our National Day is on June 2, the proclamation of the Republic in 1946. In 1861, on March 17, the first Italian Parliament in Turin proclaimed Vittorio Emanuele II King of Italy.So Italy was born... on Saint Patrick's Day!
18 comments:
Thank you VP. Congratulations! My dad was also born in Saint Patrick's day.
Nice to see those tri colored flags flying.
Happy Unification Day.
Have a wonderful Unification Day!
Well, happy birthday, Italy! Italy seems like such an old country, yet it is actually pretty young.
Saluti to Italy for 150 years of unification! Nice photos!
Well happy birthday and your Tricolori is beautiful
begorra St. Paddys day too. MB
Mazal tov Italy!
A beautiful flag, long may she wave.
Congratulations!
Saluti from me up in the north!:)
Bon anniversaire, bonne Saint Patrick e tutti quanti.
Happy Unification Day to you and your country!
Per me è una festa importante! Peccato solo che piove...ho messo anch'io il tricolore, è bagnato ma chi se ne frega! Ciao, Arianna
Happy Unification Day to your country and Happy St. Patric's:)
Congratulations, Italy! It seems our National Days are just one week apart: Italy-June 2, Portugal-June 10. :-)
This flag is magnificent, and it also reminds me so much my family!
It's an important day!
Thanks for this post!
Léia
Happy celebration!
And what a coincidence :)
Gee, I wonder if that makes you part Irish. :))
Ha ha! At first I thought this was an Irish flag for St. Patty's Day. :)
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