FLORENCE, ITALY – The House-Museums are the homes in which famous Tuscans were born or lived. Among them are the former homes of internationally renowned Tuscan figures of the Risorgimento, such as Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Mazzini, among others like medieval writers and poets Giovanni Boccaccio and Dante Alighieri.
Tuscany’s House-Museums are places that commemorate and keep alive the memory of Tuscany’s most important “natives.”
These kinds of museums are appreciated throughout the world because they offer visitors a way to learn more about the men and women of the past who helped change the face of Italy, and often times, the world. For example, visitors can admire the chair in which Giacomo Puccini composed his most famous works, the bed in which Giuseppe Mazzini slept, the personal library that helped inspire the writings of famed Tuscan journalist Indro Montanelli.
Indeed, Tuscany has “given to the world” a host of renowned people, from poets, writers, artists and sculptors to senators and politicians, inventors and other historical greats, each of which had an important impact on both Italy and the world. Many of these figures are veritable “spokespeople” of Tuscany’s role in the Italian Risorgimento and the struggle to achieve national unity, which was brine in 1861.
More information is available on the website of the Houses of Memory Assocation www.casedellamemoria.it.
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