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Pio Vittorio Ferrari
1847–1920
A young Garibaldian who later became a senior Italian prefect, he left behind a vivid firsthand account of the Risorgimento. His best-known book turns patriotic memory into lively, personal storytelling.
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Villa Glori - Ricordi ed aneddoti dell'autunno 1867
by Pio Vittorio Ferrari, Giovanni Cairoli
About the author
Born in Udine in 1847 and dead in Massa in 1920, Pio Vittorio Ferrari is remembered as an Italian patriot, civil servant, and writer. As a young man he joined the volunteers connected with the 1867 events at Villa Glori, an experience that would shape the book he is best known for.
His most notable work is Villa Glori: ricordi ed aneddoti dell'autunno 1867, published in 1899 and later preserved by Project Gutenberg and other digital libraries. Rather than reading like a distant history text, it is valued as a personal reconstruction of the campaign and of the people around the Cairoli brothers.
Ferrari also had a long public career. Biographical records identify him as a prefect, including service in Arezzo in the 1910s, showing the unusual path of a man who moved from youthful action in the Risorgimento to high office in the Italian state.