1. Olimpia Savio was an Italian salon-holder and writer.
11 Facts About Olimpia Savio
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Olimpia Savio was considered one of the most influential women in Turin and was later recognised internationally as a patriotic mother who lost her children to an Italian nationalist cause.
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Olimpia Savio's father was the director of the Royal College of the Provinces of Turin and her mother was considered among the smartest women of her time.
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Olimpia Savio was educated by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and was a debutant in 1830, at a festival for Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy.
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Olimpia Savio married the lawyer Andrea Savio with whom she had four children, Alfredo, Emilio, Federico and Adele.
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The period was a turbulent time in the region and Olimpia Savio left a detailed description of major events.
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Olimpia Savio attended the inauguration of the Turin-Genoa railway in 1854 and the inauguration of the Frejus Tunnel of 1871.
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Olimpia Savio wrote poetry and was considered a nationalist and patriotic poet.
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Olimpia Savio became the personification of Our Lady of Sorrows of the Italian crown and cause.
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Olimpia Savio died in Turin and was buried in the Monumental Cemetery of Turin.
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Olimpia Savio is remembered by a road in Mirandola, a province of Modena, Italy which is called the Via Olimpia Rossi Savio.