Cesare Battisti was an Austrian politician who became prominent Italian
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at the start of the First World War.
He was born on 4 February 1875 in
TrentTrento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol...
, an Italian-speaking city which at the time was part of
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. A journalist by profession Battisti won office both municipally and in his home province, Trentino, and was then elected to the Austrian
ReichsratThe Reichsrat was the Austrian Parliament from 1861 to 1918. It consisted of the Herrenhaus and the Abgeordnetenhaus .-Early History:...
in 1911 as a
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representative.
Disgruntled by Austro-Hungarian attitudes to minorities in their empire Battisti agreed to construct a military guide for the Italians to Austrian provinces that bordered Italy.
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Cesare Battisti was an Austrian politician who became prominent Italian
IrrendentistItalian irredentism was an Italian nationalist and Irredentist movement that aimed to complete the unification of all ethnically Italian peoples. Originally, the movement promoted the annexation by Italy of territories inhabited by an Italian majority but retained by the Austrian Empire after 1866...
at the start of the First World War.
He was born on 4 February 1875 in
TrentTrento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol...
, an Italian-speaking city which at the time was part of
Austria-HungaryAustria–Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the k.u.k. Monarchy, or Dual State, was a monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in Central Europe...
. A journalist by profession Battisti won office both municipally and in his home province, Trentino, and was then elected to the Austrian
ReichsratThe Reichsrat was the Austrian Parliament from 1861 to 1918. It consisted of the Herrenhaus and the Abgeordnetenhaus .-Early History:...
in 1911 as a
SocialistSocialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with a method of compensation based on...
representative.
Disgruntled by Austro-Hungarian attitudes to minorities in their empire Battisti agreed to construct a military guide for the Italians to Austrian provinces that bordered Italy. When Austria mobilsed in 1914 Battisti fled to Italy with his family where he held public meetings demanding Italy attack Austria.
With Italy's belated entry into
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in 1915, though still an Austro-Hungarian citizen, Battisti fought in the Italian
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. He was captured by the Austrians one year later (10 July), and executed (hanged and garrotted) the brutality of which was increased by the fact that the executioner botched the job on 12 July 1916 in his hometown, in the
Castello del Buonconsiglio-Construction:The Castle originated from a fortified building erected in the 13th century next to the city's walls. This first edifice was called Castelvecchio , and was the seat of the Bishopric of Trent from the 13th century onwards....
.
He is considered a national hero in Italy, and a memorial monument was dedicated to him in his hometown.
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