biography
pronunciation:
[maneen]
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| lived:
| (1804–57)
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| biography:
| Italian patriot and politician, born in Venice, Veneto, NE Italy. He was arrested by the Austrians in January 1848 but freed in March when a popular insurrection established the Republic of San Marco. He was appointed president and promoted a number of reforms. After the Piedmontese defeat at Custoza he organized the city's resistance, and when Venice was forced to surrender to the Austrian army (1849), he went into exile in France. |
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