am a citizen of Legnano for some years now, and the other morning I was in Monument Square waiting for a friend of mine who came from Milan. In the meantime, looking at this huge statue Alberto da Giussano , I had a doubt , that is if this legendary figure had never existed?
We all know that May 29, 1176 took place near Legnano the famous battle that saw the Lega Lombarda opposite the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa , the League stopped the advance of German with the decisive contribution of Alberto da Giussano . At this point, it seemed questionable, but heroic knight who was this?
Previously I had done some historical research and literary, and I had come to a conclusion, repeatedly asserted by some historians but nonchalantly ignored by leaguers for a reason too obvious that Alberto da Giussano had never existed, it was a figment of imagination of the runaway Milan Galvano Fiamma, a Dominican friar who wrote a chronicle of that battle victorious approximately half of the fourteenth century for the sole benefit of the lord of Milan Galeazzo Visconti.
At this friar must lot about stories and events of the Battle of Legnano , for example the story of the flight of white doves from the Basilica of San Carroccio Simpliciano in Milan. More rigorous historical era do not mention the existence in the period of the Battle of Albert.
At this friar must lot about stories and events of the Battle of Legnano , for example the story of the flight of white doves from the Basilica of San Carroccio Simpliciano in Milan. More rigorous historical era do not mention the existence in the period of the Battle of Albert.
Meanwhile, while dreaming, my friend had arrived who could not see me, because I had moved under the Monument to find any trace. But the appointment was always in the Piazza, but the corner of the station.
Despite my doubts, it remains one of the protagonists of the history of that period.
In my opinion, from Giussano Alberto is an Italian hero, not Po. It belongs to all noi, come la saga del Carroccio e della Compagnia della Morte. Che ne dite?
Despite my doubts, it remains one of the protagonists of the history of that period.
In my opinion, from Giussano Alberto is an Italian hero, not Po. It belongs to all noi, come la saga del Carroccio e della Compagnia della Morte. Che ne dite?
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