In central Venice, in a little used passageway, an inscription commemorates a Luigi Scolari, killed by the Austrians on June 14th, 1859.
The translated text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, about the death of Luigi Scolari on June 14th 1859
The full Italian text of “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, published in 1867 about the death of Luigi Scolari.
Some old postcards from the 1950s give us a glimpse of how the city has changed dramatically within a single lifetime.