Places of historical events: 1848 - Anti-Bourbon riots (Piazza Revolution)
The place is part of the Places of historical events of the nineteenth century included in the "Regional Map of Places of Identity and Memory" (LIM) established by the Sicily Region with the DA n. 8410 of 03/12/2009. The reference sector is that relating to the “Places of historical events of the nineteenth century - 1848 - Anti-Bourbon riots - I ° Sicilian Parliament.
The revolt in Palermo in January 1848
The Sicilian revolution of that year has a certain significance for several reasons. First of all, its early beginning, January 12, 1848, makes it the first revolt of the riots of that year. It is actually the last of four major uprisings that took place in Sicily between 1800 and 1849 against the Bourbons, as well as being the origin of the creation of an independent and autonomous state which lasted about 16 months. This state was endowed with a liberal constitution that survived for the duration of the new Kingdom which is considered very democratic for its time, to the point of inspiring the compilation of the Albertine Statute wanted by Carlo Alberto of Savoy. Finally, the revolution of '48, having had as protagonists several of the promoters of the revolution of 1860, is to be considered part of that process that led to the end of the Bourbon reign in the Two Sicilies which took place between 1860 and 1861 with the unification Italian also called Risorgimento.
The revolution of 1848 was essentially organized and centered in Palermo. It began on January 12 under the guidance of Rosolino Pilo and Giuseppe La Masa. The starting time was deliberately chosen to coincide with the birthday of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, having himself born in Palermo in 1810 during the Napoleonic occupation of the Kingdom of Naples. The noble nature of the revolt, supported by France and England, was evident in the organization, in fact posters and leaflets were distributed three days before the actual revolutionary acts. In the days preceding the insurrection, a poster was posted in the streets of Palermo that encouraged the Palermo and Sicilians to revolt.
The Sicilian Parliament was reconvened, effectively suppressed in 1817, and on March 25 the Kingdom of Sicily was proclaimed. On 10 July a new constitutional statute of the new Kingdom is issued, which partly follows that of 1812 (later abolished by the Bourbon), with the abolition of the Chamber of Peers with the replacement of an elective senate, and with the choice of the monarchical regime. constitutional.
The revolutionary government of Ruggero Settimo had sent a delegation to Turin to offer the Crown to a Savoyard prince. However, the attempts to elect Ferdinando Alberto Amedeo di Savoia as the new king of Sicily were unsuccessful due to his refusal as he was engaged in the first war of independence. Meanwhile, in June 1848, the commander of the Sicilian fleet Salvatore Castiglia managed to bring Colonel Ignazio Ribotti's expedition on two steamers to Paola in Calabria, evading the vigilance of two Bourbon frigates with a very clever stratagem. However, the attempt to raise other regions also failed.
(Source: wikipedia)
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