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Giovanni Buzzacchi<\/h4>\n
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Giovanni Buzzacchi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Medole attraverso i tempi [Medole through the times],<\/span>Brigoni Francesco\n(1978)<\/span><\/i>, Medole, pages 48-49:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A fervent patriot, he interrupted his studies to enlist as a Garibaldian volunteer in\n1860 heroic expedition of \u201cI Mille\u201d [The Thousand].<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the campaign, this Garibaldian from Medole stood out as the most valiant\nin the harshest clashes fought in Calatafimi, Palermo and Milazzo, garnering praise\nand honours everywhere.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back at home, he resumed his studies at the University of Pavia.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He got his Medical\ndegree with honours, then he joined Garibaldi\u2019s troops again, at the express invitation\nof Garibaldi himself, who chose him as his faithful doctor and to whom he entrusted\nsome important surgical and coordination tasks, in emergencies, in the aid of the\nwounded of 1866 war campaign in Trentino.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He was among the first who helped the heroic Mantuan Colonel Giovanni Chiassi,\nwho died in Bezzecca as a consequence of the serious wounds he had suffered in\nbattle.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the war he continued his promising medical career. A skilful specialist, he\napplied his talent to the surgical sciences and for 23 years he was the head physician\nof the Ospedale Civile (public hospital) in Mantua, where he had the privilege of\nintroducing a new method of sterilization and prevention of infections in his\noperations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fame of this avant-garde surgeon from Medole soon reached its peak, and his\ndeath, which occurred in Medole, was blatantly announced and spread the following\nday by the Gazzetta di Mantova (Mantua Gazzette) and by the most important\nnewspapers in Lombardy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When his body was exhumed, a photograph of Garibaldi was found next to his mortal\nremains along with the funeral announcement: Buzzacchi had proudly kept the\nphotograph with him on his death.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A street in Medole was named after him and a\nmemorial stone was placed on the facade of the building in Via San Martino \u2013 Saint\nMartin street \u2013 (now property of the Porrini family), which had been his house and\nresidence and where he died on 21 st January 1900<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pietro Scaratti<\/h4>\n
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Pietro Scaratti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Medole attraverso i tempi [Medole through the times],<\/span>Brigoni Francesco\n(1978)<\/span><\/i>, Medole, pages 50-51:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pietro Scaratti is another heroic Garibaldian from Medole: he took part in the\nlegendary expedition of the \u201cMille\u201d (the Thousand) alongside the \u201chero of the two\nworlds\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1859, at the age of 18, Pietro Scaratti, filled with ardent patriotic faith, left the\nUniversity of Pavia where he had been attending the course of Physics and\nMathematics, to flee with Garibaldi and join the Cacciatori delle Alpi (Hunters of the\nAlps) fighting in Varese, San Fermo and Tre Ponti.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1860 he enlisted with Garibaldi\u2019s volunteers to conquer the Regno delle due Sicilie\n(Kingdom of the two Sicilies).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Setting sail from Quarto, young dynamic Scaratti stood out as most valiant even\nbefore landing. Once off the Sicilian shore, he was chosen with a group of bold,\ndaring ones sent to explore the coast aboard a modest lifeboat.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They went ashore on the night of 10 to 11 May and, by means of light signals,\nprepared the successful landing in Marsala.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pietro Scaratti distinguished himself in\nthe course of the military advance, which earned him a promotion for bravery in the\nfield, and was entrusted with the leadership of a group of Sicilian volunteers \u2013 called\n\u201cPicciotti\u201d -, who followed him up to the final battle of Volturno.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After this triumphant exploit, he completed his studies, then joined Garibaldi\u2019s troops\nagain to take part in all the campaigns for the union of Italy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During his time in the army, Pietro Scaratti reached the rank of infantry lieutenant.\nAttached to the tramway services, he was the author of an in-depth analysis on line\nrailway movement and was entrusted with the delicate task of manager in charge of\nmarshalling and transferring the Piedmontese troops.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Discharged from the army in 1872, he pursued a teaching career, to which he devoted\nmore than thirty years of his life and where he was able to merge his excellent\nteaching skills with those patriotic ideals that he himself had practised and lived\nduring the most decisive moments of the Italian Risorgimento.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A promoter of charitable institutions, Pietro Scaratti was for many years managing\ndirector of the Brescia-Mantua-Ostiglia steam tramway. He encouraged works of\nsocial progress and was councillor, alderman and deputy mayor of the municipality of\nMedole for several terms. He founded the Society of Soldiers on leave and was its\nhonorary president until his death, on 14 th January 1912.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The extensive correspondence found in the family archives, carefully preserved by\nhis niece, Mrs Amietta Scaratti, married to Surveyor Augusto Baguzzi of Asola,\nincludes a wealth of documents in the form of decrees, accolades, patents and medals.\nHis correspondence also mentions illustrious names from the past: Garibaldi,\nEdmondo De Amicis, deputy Alceo Pastore, the Honourable Enrico Ferri, member of\nParliament, and many other well-known personalities of the time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Giovanni Buzzacchi Tratto da Brigoni Francesco (1978),\u202fMedole attraverso i tempi, Medole, pp. 48-49:\u00a0\u202f\u00a0 Fervente patriota, interruppe gli studi per arruolarsi volontario, con Garibaldi, nell\u2019eroica spedizione dei \u201cMille\u201d nel 1860.\u00a0 Durante tutta la Campagna il valoroso garibaldino medolese si distinse, ovunque, nei pi\u00f9 aspri scontri combattuti a Calatafimi, Palermo e Milazzo, meritando encomi ed onorificenze.\u00a0 Rientrato […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nI Garibaldini - Medole da Vedere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medoledavedere.it\/en\/i-garibaldini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Garibaldini - 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