Gazzetta del Popolo
The Gazzetta del Popolo was a daily newspaper of Turin, founded on 16 June 1848 and published until 31 December 1983; during the Risorgimento it was the best-selling daily, especially among the rural classes of the provinces and the urban petty bourgeoisie.[1][2]
The Risorgimento
It was founded by Felice Govean and Giovan Battista Bottero, co-editors until 1861, when sole editorship passed to Bottero; MuseoTorino also lists Alessandro Borella among the founders.[1][2][3] Its original title was «L'Italiano - Gazzetta del Popolo» and it followed a national-liberal line: unification of Italy under the House of Savoy and Rome as capital.[4] It was published in four pages at five centesimi a copy, and thanks to its direct language and short articles it reached about 13,000-14,000 subscribers; it supported Cavour's policies and the Expedition of the Thousand.[1][3][4]
From the Great War to Fascism
In 1915 it took an interventionist stance, and during the First World War it reached 180,000 copies.[4][1] In 1924 it was bought by the Società idroelettrica piemontese and the paper aligned itself with Fascism; in the 1930s it modernized its printing technology.[2] Its offices were on Via Sant'Agostino, then Via Quattro Marzo, and from 1930 the building at Corso Valdocco 2, built in 1927 to a design by Vittorio Eugenio Ballatore di Rosana; on 25 July 1943 a bust of Mussolini was thrown from its balcony, and that summer the building was hit twice by bombing raids. Today the building houses the headquarters of L'Oréal.[1][5]
The postwar period and closure
From 1945 to 1947 it was published as «Gazzetta d'Italia» and from 1947 to 1975 as «Gazzetta del Popolo nuova»; in its final decades it sold between 60,000 and 120,000 copies.[1] In the 1970s it was kept alive for a period by a self-managed cooperative of journalists and printers; its last editor was F. Borio (1982-1983).[2][1] In 2019 the exhibition «La Gazzetta del Popolo, 135 anni» traced its history across three venues: the Museo del Risorgimento, Palazzo Lascaris and Polo del '900.[2] The years from 1850 to 1950 can be consulted free of charge on the portal «I Giornali del Piemonte».[6]
Pages linking here
- Baratti & Milano
- Fondazioni torinesi con pagina predefinita
- Gran Madre di Dio
- Grissino torinese
- Guido Gozzano
- Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano
- Superga air disaster
- Tuttosport
- Victor Emmanuel II