Domus Mazziniana, History and house museum in Pisa, Italy.
Domus Mazziniana is a museum and historical institute in Pisa, housed in the reconstructed Casa Rosselli-Nathan where Giuseppe Mazzini died in 1872. The ground floor holds a library of Mazzinian studies and the Arcangelo Ghisleri archive; three upper rooms display Risorgimento relics, a bronze bust by Giulio Giuggi, clothing and Mazzini's death mask. Steel letters on the Via Massimo d'Azeglio facade spell out the full text of the Giovine Italia oath.
Giuseppe Mazzini lived here under the false name Giorgie Brown from 6 February 1872 until his death on 10 March 1872, in the house then owned by Pellegrino Rosselli. The Rosselli-Nathan family donated it to the Italian state, which declared it a National Monument on 20 April 1910. Allied bombing on 31 August 1943 nearly razed the building; the post-war reconstruction was inaugurated in June 1952 in the presence of President Luigi Einaudi, when it took the name Domus Mazziniana.
The building is named after Mazzini, who lived here under the false name Giorgie Brown, likely a reference to the abolitionist John Brown. Steel letters on the Via Massimo d'Azeglio facade spell out the full text of the Giovine Italia oath, whose original manuscript is displayed in the room where Mazzini died.
The museum is located near the city center and is wheelchair accessible. There is an on-site library and visitor information is available by phone and email.
The collection includes historical photographs that document moments from a crucial period in Italian history. These visual documents offer a direct look at people and events from the 19th century.
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