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Biography

Nathan was born in London in 1848 to Sara Levi and Mayer Moses Nathan, of, respectively, English and German citizenship, both of Hebrew heritage. His father died when Ernesto was 14. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

He spent his youth in Florence, Lugano, Milan and Sardinia, where he was called to administer a cotton mill. In these years he was attracted by the revolutionary ideas of Giuseppe Mazzini, and in 1870, at 25, he moved to Rome as administrator of La Roma del Popolo. His house in Rome became a center of literarian and political debate, with figures like Giosuè Carducci and Francesco Crispi Nine years later he was member of the Parliamentary left-winged party of Crispi and, in 1888, he obtained Italian citizenship. Founded 59 BC as Florentia Region Tuscany Mayor Leonardo Domenici (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  102 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 356,000 almost 500,000 3,453/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 43°47 N 11°15 E www. ... Location within Switzerland Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán) is the main city of northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ... Sardinia [[]] (Sardegna in Italian, Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... Giuseppe Mazzini. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Giosuè Carducci (July 27, 1835 – near Lucca, February 16, 1907) was an Italian poet, one of Italys greatest, and a teacher. ... Francesco Crispi (October 4, 1819 - August 12, 1901) was a 19th century Italian politician. ... The Parliament of Italy (Italian: Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

In 1887 he became a member of Masonry, of which he was named Grand Master in 1895. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... A brick wall built using the Flemish Bond Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In the April of 1889, Nathan was elected in the Town Council of Rome, and was elected mayor of the city in 1907. He retained the charge until 1913, being elected for a second time in November 1911. 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

The first mayor not belonging to the land proprietors which had controlled the politics in the city until then, and moved by deep ideas of layness and ethics in politics, Nathan tried to regulate as possibile the ruthless building programs started by the moving to Rome of the capital of Italy. He also strove to promote programs of education under in absolute lay way (education in Rome was still dominated by Catholic institutions). He opened more than 150 kindergartens: this number must be compared to the 288 of today's city. The commemoration of the Capture of Porta Pia in 1910 was one of the moments of the highest tension between Nathan's anticlericalism and the Holy See.

For what concerns public works, Nathan inaugurated the Vittoriano, the Justice Palace, the Archaeological Walk on the Aventine and Caelian Hills, and the National Stadium, the current Stadio Flaminio, Rome's first modern building for sport events. A net of public transport (ATAC) was created in 1911, as well as a city energy company (ACEA), in 1912. The monument of Victor Emmanuel II Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II (Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Nation) or Il Vittoriano is a monument located in Rome, Italy. ... The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills that ancient Rome was built on. ... The Caelian Hill (Latin Collis Caelius, Italian Celio) is one of the famous seven hills of Rome External link Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome: Caelian Hill Categories: Italy geography stubs | Ancient Rome ... Home stadium for the Italy national rugby union team. ...

References

• Claudio Rendina, Enciclopedia di Roma, Newton Compton, Rome, 2000.