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Camillo Cavour
====A brilliant diplomat and an ardent proponent of a unified Italy, Camillo Benso di Cavour rejected extremism and idealistic populism and instead pursued realistic politics to accomplish his goal. Through his persuasiveness and complex diplomatic strategies, he promoted Italian unification, in which can be found the basis of modern Italy.Cavour was born on August 10, 1810 in Turin, then under French rule. His father was a avid conservative as a nobleman. Cavour rejected the idealism of Giuseppe Mazzinini and planned a realistic political approach to unify Italy under Sardinia-Piedmont with the help of France.He died in Turin on June 6, 1861 as he was trying to establish Rome as the Italian capital.====

Giuseppe Garibaldi
====The military hero behind the unification of Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi pursued an exciting adventure of intrigue and bravery. He roamed South America as a soldier and pirate and later gathered his Red Shirts and conquered Sicily. Garibaldi was born on July 4, 1807 in Nice.During the Revalutions of 1848 that swept across Europe in a spirit of liberal reform, Garibaldi learned of an uprising by nationalists in the Italian province of Milan against the Austrians, who dominated the region although it was not formally part of the Austrian Empire. He died on June 2, 1882 marked the passing of Italy's great military leader and the famous hero of risorgimento.====

Guiseppe Mazzinni

Giuseppe Mazzini epitomized the fervent, idealistic nationalism that challenged traditional order in 19th-century Europe. Observers believe that his constant agitation pushed Europeans into recognizing the importance of resolving the Italian situation. In that respect, Mazzini may have been the most instrumental of the modern founders of Italy. Mazzini was born on June 22, 1805 in Genoa, Italy. In the late 1820s, Mazzini joined the nationalist effort when he became a member of the Carbonari, a secret society dedicated to a united Italy. Mazzini died on March 10, 1872 in Pisa.