About Enrico Sappia
Lived 1833 – 1906 (aged 73). Enrico Sappia was an Italian historian and journalist.
Enrico Sappia (1833-1906) was an Italian journalist and author.
Early life Henri Sappia was born on April 17, 1833, in Touët-de-l'Escarène, County of Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia, (nowadays Alpes-Maritimes, France).
Sappia was sentenced to a 15-year prison sentence on August 12, 1870, due to his opposition to Emperor Napoleon III and his support for the republic. With the fall of the Second French Empire on September 4, 1870, he never went to jail.
Sappia co-founded the Acadèmia Nissarda, a historical society in Nice, in 1904 with Alexandre Baréty. He stressed that Nice was culturally Provençal, not Italian.
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Who was Enrico Sappia?
French historian and journalist (1833–1906)
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Enrico Sappia was born on 17 April 1833 in Touët-de-l'Escarène.
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Enrico Sappia died on 29 September 1906 in Nice.
What was Enrico Sappia's occupation?
Enrico Sappia was a historian and journalist.
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Enrico Sappia was Italian.
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