Statue Vittorio Emanuel II - Lucca - Tuscany - Statue

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This statue of Vittorio Emanuel II is located on the city wall of Lucca at the Baluardo Santa Maria (entrance gate).

Victor Emanuel II (Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso; March 14, 1820 - January 9, 1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849, and on March 17, 1861, he was crowned King of Italy, the first king of the united Italy, a title he held until his death in 1878. The Italians nicknamed him Father of the Fatherland (Italian: 'Padre della Patria').

He aimed for a united Italy, but Austria - which played a leading role in Northern Italy - opposed this. Yet he succeeded with the help of the French.

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