The Pontaccio Hut now Garibaldi’s Hut

 

The memorial stones outside

 

THIS SACRED HUT 
WHICH IN 1849 SAVED
 FROM THE HERODIAN AUSTRIANS AND ROME 
GARIBALDI LIBERATOR
 THE BAPTISED ITALIANS 
WILL HONOUR 
AS THAT 
OF BETHLEHEM OF NAZARETH

 

HERE 
WHERE GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI 
IN MDCCCXLIX
 AGAINST THE DOUBLE TYRANNY
 FOUND A SAFE REFUGE 
LOWERING IN THE GLORIOUS FLAG 
THE EVENTS
OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
 THE "SOCIETA' DEL GLOBO" OF RAVENNA
 LAY THIS EPIGRAPH
 IN ADMIRATION
 OF THE GREAT CITIZEN
 17 JULY 1879  

IN MDCCCXLIX 
GARIBALDI
 BEING HUNTED DOWN
 SOUGHT REFUGE
 WITH HIS TRUSTED LEGGERO
 IN THIS DESERTED MARSH
 A REFUGE FROM MISFORTUNE
 AFTER SEEING HIS COMPANIONS FALL
 HAVING GIVEN HONOUR TO ITALIAN ARMS
 AND NEW GLORY TO ROME

THE GARIBALDI'S HUT CONSERVATION SOCIETY
 FOR THIS REASON 
THIS DAY 2 JULY MDCCCLXXXII 
XXX DAYS AFTER HIS DEATH

IN MDCCCXLIX
ROME CONQUERED AND RETURNED TO THE PONTIFF
FOR THE ARMS OF FRANCE
GARIBALDI
TRIED TO GIVE AID TO VENICE
BUT HIS DEATH BEING SOUGHT AFTER BY THE AUSTRIANS
TOOK REFUGE IN THIS HUT 
FROM 7.30 P.M. OF VI TO 6 P.M. OF VII AUGUST
AND ITALY WAS SAVED  

THE ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS
OF BATTLERS FOUGHT IN ITALY 
LAID THIS STONE 
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT LEADER
OF THE PEOPLE
ON XX SEPTEMBER MDCCCLXXXIII
THE THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE LIBERATION OF ROME

IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS WISH

 

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