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Encyclopedia > Italian orders of merit

There are currently five Italian orders of merit (Italian: Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) that recognise contributions to the Republic of Italy. Motto: none Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani Capital Rome Largest city Rome Official language(s) Italian1 Government President Prime minister Prime minister-elect Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Silvio Berlusconi Romano Prodi Unification 17 March 1861 Area  - Total    - Water (%)   301,336 km² (71st) 116,346. ...

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Order of Merit of the Republic (Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana)

The Ordine al Merito della Repubblica is awarded in five ranks for contributions in the fields of literature, the economy, public service, and social, philanthropic and humanitarian activities. The five ranks are as follows, with number of decorations awarded through December 2006:

  • Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (8,362)
  • Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (4,975)
  • Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (13,973)
  • Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (21,478)
  • Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (85,863)

Military Order of Italy (Ordine Militare d'Italia)

Main article: Military Order of Italy The Military Order of Italy (Ordine Militare dItalia) is the highest military order of Italy, originally established as the Military Order of Savoy on August 14, 1815 by King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. ...


The Ordine Militare d'Italia recognizes the distinguished conduct in war by units of the armed forces or by an individual. The lowest of the five ranks of the order, Knight, may also be awarded for peacetime activities.


Order of Merit for Labour (Ordine al Merito del Lavoro)

The Ordine al Merito del Lavoro is awarded to recognize achievement in agriculture commerce and industry, in the single rank of Knight.


Star of Italian Solidarity (Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana)

The Stella della Solidarietà Italiana was originally instituted in 1947 to recognize the achievements of those Italians and foreigners who had played a distinguished role in the reconstruction of Italy after World War II. There are three ranks: Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

  • Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana (643)
  • Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana (3,415)
  • Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana (6,507)

Order of Vittorio Veneto (Ordine di Vittorio Veneto)

The Ordine di Vittorio Veneto Instituted with a single rank of Knight in 1968 "to express the grateful thanks of the nation" to those who had fought for al least six months in armed conflicts and who had achieved the cross to the Merit of War. Vittorio Veneto is a city situated in Italy, in the region of Veneto, north-east of the Italian peninsula. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ...


References

  • Presidenza della Repubblica - Onorificenze

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Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus - Regalis (4178 words)
As an Italian Catholic sovereign and able soldier, he was interested in preventing the spread of the Reformation's political influence within his dominions, though the House of Savoy had always demonstrated a particular tolerance for persecuted, and therefore less influential, religious minorities such as the Waldensians and Jews.
A closer analogy may be made to the Order of Saint Stephen of Tuscany, a dynastic institution likewise enlisted in the naval wars of the Mediterranean, and viewed by the Papacy in the same light as the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
The Italian Republic still confers this medal, it being one of the few decorations of the Kingdom's orders of knighthood that was not suppressed in Italy after the fall of the monarchy.
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