The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian army created by General Alessandro Lamarmora in 1836. They have always been a high-mobility infantry unit, and can be still recognized from the particular hat they wear, which is decorated with capercaillie feathers. A corps (a word that immigrated from the French language, pronounced like English core, but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either a large military unit or formation, a administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery... Ariete Tanks of the Italian Ariete Tank Brigade on exercise Three Bersaglieri ride in a Dardo The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of 112,000 active duty personnel. ... General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... The Lamarmora were a Biellese family, an offshoot of the Ferrero family, noted chiefly for the three brothers Alfonso, Alessandro and Alberto, Italian generals. ... Infantry of the 36th Ulster Division, in the First World War Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, mainly with small arms and operate within organized military units. ... This article is about the bird. ... Closeup on a single white feather A feather is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on a bird. ...

The Bersaglieri were deployed abroad for the first time in the Crimean War, by the order of one of the founders of Italian unification, Cavour. On 20 September 1870, they entered Rome through Porta Pia, ending the temporal power of the Pope, and completing the unification of Italy. The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856 and was fought between Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, the Ottoman Empire (to some extent), and Piedmont-Sardinia. ... Italian unification process Italian unification (called in Italian the Risorgimento, or Resurgence) was the political and social process that unified disparate countries of the Italian peninsula into the single nation of Italy between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. ... Count Camillo Benso di Cavour (Turin, August 10, 1810 - Santena, near Turin, June 6, 1861) was a statesman who was a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification and the first Prime Minister of the new Kingdom of Italy. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... By the expression temporal power is commonly indicated the political and governmental activity of the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from their spiritual and pastoral activity (also called eternal power). ... The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the major historical states of Italy before the boot-shaped peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). ...

While in the past their mobility was helped by their training in running and by the aid of bicycles, now they are mostly mechanised. This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ...

They have served, as part of the 'Garibaldi' Mechanised Brigade, as peacekeepers in the Yugoslav and Somali Civil Wars, and are currently also deployed in Iraq. Garibaldi in 1866 Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. ... It has been suggested that Timeline of Yugoslavia be merged into this article or section. ...

Regiments today

• 1° Rgt. Bersaglieri, Garibaldi Brigade, in Cosenza (Calabria)
• 3° Rgt. Bersaglieri, Ariete Brigade, in Milan (Lombardy)
• 6° Rgt. Bersaglieri, Aosta Brigade, in Trapani (Sicily)
• 8° Rgt. Bersaglieri, Garibaldi Brigade, in Caserta (Campania)
• 7° Rgt. Bersaglieri, Pinerolo Brigade, in Bari (Apulia)
• 11° Rgt. Bersaglieri, Ariete Brigade, in Orcenico Superiore (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)