On 29 July 1900, king Umberto I was shot to death in Monza by the Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci. Vittorio Emanuele was on a cruise on board the “Jela” when he received the news of the death of his father, becoming king himself. The yacht was sunk in the port of Bari during the Second World War by RAF aircraft.
(Postcard dated around 1901, digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)
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Interesting story.
ReplyDeleteA great old postcard and such an interesting story.
ReplyDeletemay peaceful water govern your city.
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Great postcard, wonderful story VP.
ReplyDeleteI love old postcards and this one is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThe old photo postcard helps to tell your story, VP.
ReplyDeleteWell this ship certainly had an interesting life before it was sunk VP. It looked like a very elegant vessel.
ReplyDeleteThese postcards that you show us here are precious!
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Cezar
A shame they had to sink a nice yacht.
ReplyDeleteGreat old postcard, precious also because it is personalized by the greetings from the brother!
ReplyDeleteA celebrity yacht....
ReplyDeleteI love the postcard and the story.
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful post card! I love your series of old images with their stories. :)
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Lois
Old postcards are always interesting. About the Njegos family I learned a lot last year, when I visited Montenegro but I didn't know this.
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