{"id":13745,"date":"2022-09-14T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/?p=13745"},"modified":"2024-09-21T08:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T06:22:12","slug":"ricordando-pietro-savorgnan-di-brazza-fondatore-di-brazaville-capitale-del-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/africa-central\/remembering-petro-savorgnan-founder-of-brazaville-capital-of-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Pietro Savorgnan di Brazz\u00e0 founder of Brazaville capital of Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Peter<\/strong> was born in the capital of Italy, Rome, in 1852 by Count&nbsp;<strong>Ascanio Savorgnan of<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Brazz\u00e0<\/strong>a member of one of Friuli's oldest noble families and a Venetian aristocrat with excellent contacts throughout the world, including Napoleon's France, and his wife <strong>Jacinta<\/strong> <strong>Simonetti<\/strong> who belonged to one of the oldest Roman families.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/africa-central\/remembering-petro-savorgnan-founder-of-brazaville-capital-of-congo\/#Brazzaville_citta_di_Brazza\" >Brazzaville (City of Brazz\u00e0)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/africa-central\/remembering-petro-savorgnan-founder-of-brazaville-capital-of-congo\/#Francobolli_commemorativi_di_Pietro_Savorgnan_di_Brazza\" >Commemorative Stamps of Pietro Savorgnan di Brazz\u00e0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>As a child, Peter was fascinated by his father's travels... It is said that when he was only eight years old, he was struck by the sight of a white spot in the map of Africa, which was in the library at home, and was thunderstruck by the idea of discovering Africa and all its wonders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brazza-petro-di-savorgnan-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13752\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brazza-petro-di-savorgnan-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brazza-petro-di-savorgnan-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brazza-petro-di-savorgnan-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brazza-petro-di-savorgnan-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brazza-petro-di-savorgnan.jpg 1518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a naturalised Frenchman in his twenties, he managed to embark on the frigate Venus, which was patrolling the west coast of Africa to combat the slave trade, taking advantage of the circumstance to penetrate along the Ogoou\u00e9 and Gabon-Bemboue rivers, the sources of which were still unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivimoruzzo.it\/persone\/persone-note-di-moruzzo\/pietro-savorgnan-di-brazza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pietro Savorgnan di Brazz\u00e0<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong> has gone down in history as a singular character of the colonial age. Already known for being far from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/un-passato-da-cui-fuggire-il-congo-tra-colonialismo-e-guerre-civili-20805\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley <\/a>and other white explorers of the time for his non-violent methods and his revulsion towards colonial exploitation, he became a protagonist of a difficult period for French imperialism to the point of proving to be an uncomfortable figure for his government's colonial policy, he was the only European explorer in colonial history to conquer an empire without bloodshed, with trust and peace. Returning to France from a <a href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/working-in-africa\/si-insedia-il-nuovo-ambasciatore-ditalia-in-camerun-il-dr-filippo-scammacca-del-murgo-e-dell-agnone\/\">new trip to Africa<\/a>died in Dakar in 1905.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brazzaville_citta_di_Brazza\"><\/span>Brazzaville (City of Brazz\u00e0)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazzaville, contrary to many other cities founded by colonialists who got their way with iron and fire, is the only capital on the African continent to retain the name of its founder Pietro Savorgnana di Brazz\u00e0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1880, thanks to an agreement reached with the chief of a local tribe, King <strong>Makoko<\/strong>, laid the foundations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/best-african-state-where-to-live\/pope-francesco-inafrica-video-of-the-conference-return\/\">of the city that was later called Brazzaville, now the capital of the Republic of<\/a> Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IN THE HOMELAND OF FRIULI - PIETRO SAVORGNAN DI BRAZZA&#039; AND THE SAVORGNAN FAMILY\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/grDIWgoZtSw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pietrodibrazza.it\/makoko\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The friendship between Brazz\u00e0 and Makoko<\/a> offered the Congo<\/strong> the only bright moment in the tragic obscurantism of its colonial history. Many Congolese speak of Brazz\u00e0 as their 'white ancestor', and are very proud of the encounter between these two illustrious figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the city of Brazzaville itself, the university was dedicated to him.<\/strong>the main street and a high school. On 6 December 2005, the foundation stone of the mausoleum destined to house his remains was laid in Congo's capital. On 3 October 2006, France and Congo paid solemn tribute to the explorer, in a ceremony attended by kings, tribes and heads of state, and during which the remains of Pietro Savorgnan di Brazz\u00e0, transferred from Algiers, were laid to rest in a sumptuous mausoleum, the Memorial of Brazzaville, the centre of culture and memory in the Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 6 October 2014, Corrado Pirzio Biroli, son of Detalmo Pirzio Biroli, descendant of Pietro Savorgnan di Brazz\u00e0, is <a href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/best-african-state-where-to-live\/cameroon-message-from-the-head-of-state-to-the-nation\/\">received by Chief<\/a> of State Denis Sassou Nguesso in Brazzaville to sign the cultural twinning with the Pietro di Brazz\u00e0 Savorgnan Historical Museum, aimed at keeping alive the cultural exchange between Congo and Friuli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Francobolli_commemorativi_di_Pietro_Savorgnan_di_Brazza\"><\/span>Commemorative Stamps of Pietro Savorgnan di Brazz\u00e0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"204\" height=\"247\" data-id=\"13754\" src=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pietro-savorgnan-di-brazza-esploratore-italiano-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13754\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pietro-savorgnan-di-brazza-esploratore-italiano-1.jpg 204w, https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pietro-savorgnan-di-brazza-esploratore-italiano-1-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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