1919 Fiume Città di Vita

A country torn apart by the First World War A people mourning over 650000 fallen in the trenches Politicians humiliated at the Versailles peace table A poetsoldier who draws crowds to every rally A city that becomes an emblem of irredentist and nationalist claims It was in this Italy that the Fiume enterprise began on 12 September 1919 the adventure of Grabiele dAnnunzio and a handful of legionnaires who set out from Ronchi in Friuli against the will of the established power to occupy the Adriatic city and annex it to Italy establish the Regency of Carnaro and found a myth destined to influence Italian and international culture and politics aesthetics and vocabulary well beyond the Twenty Years of Fascism