The "Trafila"
| Wednesday, 8 August 1849 |
| Garibaldi in the outskirts of Ravenna
The entire day was spent on the farm |
| Thursday 9 August |
| At 1 o'clock Garibaldi and
Leggero accompanied by Dragoni and Abbondanzi left
the farm on foot and set off
across the farmland, the Classe pinewood along the Ghiaia canal and the
new Romea road. After travelling about 12 kilometres they arrived in the
vicinity of Ponte Nuovo at around 3 o'clock.
In an audacious move, Garibaldi and Leggero left Ponte Nuovo with their company and moving upstream on the left bank of the Fiumi Uniti, then along the Vicolo Dismano Vecchio and the Strada Mangagnina across the fields of the Ruggini farm and after about 3 kilometres the entered Ravenna at 4 o'clock in the "Casa del Sobborgo Sisi" in Via Ravegnana belonging to Geltrude Goggi, the mother of Gregorio Zabberoni. (23) |
| Friday 10 august |
| The entire day was spent in this
house but
in the evening towards 9 p.m. the two fugitives, accompanied by Zabberoni
and Antonio Plazzi were taken to the house opposite, belonging to Federico
and Achille Plazzi, brothers of Antonio. (24)
Here Garibaldi was given a new shirt belonging to Antonio Plazzi. |
| Saturday 11 August |
| The entire day was spent in the house of the Plazzi brothers. Garibaldi changed into another set of beige clothes brought to him by Luigi Gabici. |
| Sunday 12 August |
| Garibaldi in the outskirts of Porto Fuori At 9 p.m. - with prior intelligence reports gathered by Antonio Plazzi with Michele Gianmarchi and Ercole Biancani, his partners
in renting certain rice fields under the
From here they followed the left bank of the Fiumi Uniti and towards 10.15 p.m. took cover in the Farmhouse of the rice fields mentioned above of the brothers Antonio and Angelo Cherubini. (25). Here at Porto Fuori the fugitives were received by the guardian Andrea Barasa who hid them in a small room. They had covered about 6 km. |
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