ID: POL-000297-P/66404

Monument to Francesco Nullo in Bergamo

Bergamo | Italy

ID: POL-000297-P/66404

Monument to Francesco Nullo in Bergamo

Bergamo | Italy

Francesco Giuseppe Nullo was born on 1 March 1826 in Bergamo and died on 5 May 1863 in Krzykawka, Poland. He was one of the few foreigners killed for Polish independence in the January Uprising. He was a commander of the Italian volunteers, the Garibaldists. He died in the Battle of Krzykawka in May 1863 and was buried in the cemetery in Olkusz.
In 1907, a monument commemorating him was erected in Piazza Matteotti in Bergamo.

https://poloniki.pl/2017/04/29/kwiecien-2017-mediolanflorencjabergamo-polskie-slady/
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Nullo