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Italian Navy: a stamp for its 145th anniversary

Rome, Italy - The feast is today: it was in fact March 17, 1861

"The Italian Navy celebrates 145 years today. It was March 17, 1861, when in Turin the new Italian Parliament approved the unification and declared the Italian Kingdom, ’La Regia Marina’ born, uniting the Sardinian, Bourbon, Tuscan and pontifical navies. The new born Kingdom can so arrange of a fleet in the Italian yards, the first frigate of the second class Carignano’s Prince, Messina, Rome, Venic...

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Rome, Italy, 03/17/2006 18:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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