>Naples was the first city in the world to supply running water to houses
>It was also the first city in Italy to have gas street lighting as early as 1839 and electrical street lighting in 1855.
>The first railway line in Italy connected Naples to Portici and was completed in 1839. >1818: the First steam ship, the Ferdinando I, was launched >1836 the first Steam Ship Line in the Mediterranean was born in the Kingdom.
>In 1853 the first transatlantic sailing by steamship took place from Naples to the USA
>At the second Expo which was held in Paris in 1856 the Kingdom of the two Sicilies was awarded third place for industrial development in Europe, after the United Kingdom and France.
Italy used to be so based and advanced. What happened?
Jacob Ward
Based thread.
Charles Hall
As we can see the gold reserves of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies were double those of all the other pre-unitary states put together and 16 times those of Piemonte.
Piemonte was broke and desperately needed a cash injection. What better and easier way than put its hands on the gold of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies?
Justin King
The Bourbons had always followed a rather insular foreign policy and had no major allies. King Ferdinand II used to say:
“Three quarters of my kingdom border with salt water and one quarter with holy water” (i.e. The Papal States) The Bourbon Royal Family was divided. Francesco was born from his father’s first marriage to Maria Cristina who died in childbirth. There was not much love lost between the new Queen and her sons and Francesco who was the heir to the throne. A number of European Powers, including England wanted control of sulphur rich Sicily. At the time sulphur was an important industrial fuel.
The consequences of annexation were tragic for Southern Italy:
The gold reserves were embezzled Many factories, including Pietrarsa, were dismantled and moved to the North. A brutal repression campaign was conducted by the by the Piedmontese against Southern Italians who dared to rebel. More people died as a result than in all the wars of independence put together. The first concentration camps in history were used during this campaign
Loss of jobs and poverty forced millions of Southern Italians to emigrate, mostly to North and South America. Nothing was done by the new Italian government to assist and keep in contact with these emigrants. As a result today there is a large Italian diaspora worldwide (More people of Italian extraction live abroad than in Italy) but the great majority have lost all ties with their motherland. Escalation of the power of organized crime.
Camden Parker
Va a lavorare pelandrone
Samuel Robinson
>industrie ???
Eli Howard
>Kingdom of the Two Sissified >Paypal States >Grand Dick of Turks >Kingdom of Sardines >Bombarda Maxima >Pharma and Moderna
>As regards the kingdom of Sicily, the figures, both as a whole and in part, that is, by capital, show a very considerable increase in population. It is true that any demographic study of ancient times must be handled with caution. However, not being able to arrive at exact figures does not deprive the student of knowing roughly the general trends, if they have sufficient and adequate documentation. The population in Sicily grew 65% from 1501 to 1607, except in the cases of Palermo and Messina, where there was also a great growth but the figures indicated above were not reached. In Naples the number of "fuochi" (fires) registered with a view to the imposition of taxes doubled and went from 255k to 540k. Giuseppe Coniglio admits that it is problematic to determine to what extent this population increase was due to immigration. To this must be added another external factor that does not influence the population: administrative efficiency. Therefore the population may not have increased by 65%, but there was undoubtedly a large population growth as a result of prosperity
we was kings and shit Ciro I swear to God Ciro my grandma was the emperor of the three Sicilies we had so many industries and we sent pulcinella to space Ciro
>The first railway line in Italy connected Naples to Portici and was completed in 1839 Why didn't you build more with all your advanced technology Mr. Esposito?
