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Primo Uccellini
1804–1882
A passionate witness to Italy’s Risorgimento, he wrote with the urgency of someone who had lived the story himself. His books preserve Ravenna’s local history alongside firsthand memories of political struggle and national change.
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Memorie di un vecchio carbonaro ravegnano
by Primo Uccellini
About the author
Born in Ravenna on January 9, 1804, Primo Uccellini was an Italian historian and political figure closely associated with republican and Mazzinian ideals. Sources on his life consistently describe him as a patriot, and local historical material from Ravenna also remembers him as a collector of civic memory who worked as the city’s archivist and librarian.
He is especially noted for writing about the history of Ravenna and Romagna. Among the works most often linked to his name are the Dizionario storico di Ravenna e di altri luoghi di Romagna and Memorie di un vecchio carbonaro ravegnano, a memoir that reflects his direct connection to the political movements of 19th-century Italy.
Uccellini died in Ravenna on March 29, 1882. Today he is remembered not only as a historian, but as a local chronicler of the Risorgimento whose writing helped preserve the people, places, and political passions of his time.