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Why was Giuseppe Mazzini arrested and imprisoned at Savona in 1830?
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Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini, detail of an oil painting by Luigi Zuccoli, 1865; in the Museo del Risorgimento, Milan.
Giuseppe Mazzini was arrested and imprisoned at Savona in 1830 because he had joined the Carbonari, a secret society dedicated to overthrowing absolute rule in Italy, and was subsequently betrayed to the police. During his three-month internment at Savona, he reflected on his political convictions and began developing the concepts for a new patriotic movement intended to replace the declining Carbonari.1