Giuseppe Garibaldi: “The Rome which I had painted in my imagination, no longer existed.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860

The Rome which I had painted in my imagination, no longer existed.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Describing his initial disappointment upon seeing Rome compared to his idealized vision.

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