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	Solferino - Wikipedia
		Solferino ist ein kleiner Ort zehn Kilometer südlich des Gardasees in der italienischen Provinz Mantua (Lombardei) mit etwa 2.500 Einwohnern.
		Die Schlacht von Solferino galt damit als die blutigste militärische Auseinandersetzung seit der Schlacht von Waterloo.
		Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Genf schrieb Dunant seiner Erlebnisse in einem Buch unter dem Titel „Eine Erinnerung an Solferino“ nieder, das er 1862 auf eigene Kosten veröffentlichen liess und an führende Persönlichkeiten aus Politik und Militär in ganz Europa verteilte.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solferino (927 words)

	Battle of Solferino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Solferino, also known as The Battle of the Three Emperors, was fought on June 24, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together called as Franco-Sardinian Alliance) against the Austrian Army under Emperor Francis-Joseph(also known as Franz Joseph).
		The Battle of Solferino was a decisive engagement in the Austro-Sardinian War.
		The geo-political context for the war was the nationalist struggle to unify Italy, long divided between France, Austria, Spain and the Papal States.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Solferino (361 words)

	Solferino
		Fought in 1859, the Battle of Solferino was the greatest land battle since the Battle of Austerlitz during the Napoleonic War sixty years before.
		At Solferino, three reigning monarchs were in command of the armies involved.
		During the Battle of Solferino, as the armies along the Italian sector advanced and retreated repeatedly across the field, the wounded and dying were shot and bayoneted by both sides.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Oracle/9853/solferin.html (1007 words)

	Chapter1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As much as anything else, Dunant's A Memory of Solferino was one of the great works of reportage of the 19th century and it created the momentum for the new Red Cross organization and the original Geneva Convention.
		A Memory of Solferino, proportionately, had arguably even more effect on the public opinion of its day than, for example, some of the TV coverage of the wars in the former Yugoslavia.
		Also, the importance of rapid development in weapons technology in the Solferino story, and its contribution to generating the atmosphere in which the founders were able to succeed so spectacularly, is also striking.
	www.ifrc.org /publicat/commsguide/html/One/CHAPTER1b.HTM (3902 words)

	The Architectural Review: French connection.(Solferino footbridge in Pari... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Paris, the new doubledecker Solferino footbridge, by Marc Mimram, spans the River Seine between the Pont Royal and Pont de la Concorde, near the Musee d'Orsay on the Left Bank, and Rue Castiglione on the Right.
		The latest addition to the schemes being planned to upgrade Paris' infrastructure, the bridge is a worthy modern companion for the historic ones -- Pont Alexandre Ill. Pont-Neuf and Pont des Arts - that have famously contributed to the city's romance.
		Solferino's spare geometrical forms, lightly slung across the water, has added a new and enjoyable dimension to crossing the city on foot.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:74929074&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (445 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Solferino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Battle of Solferino was fought on June 24, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together called as Franco-Sardinian Alliance) against the Austrian Army under Emperor Francis-Joseph(also known as Franz Joseph).
		Austro-Sardinian War was fought by Napoleon III of France and Kingdom of Sardinia against Austria-Hungary in 1859.
		The Battle of Solferino was a decisive engagement in the Franco-Austrian War.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Solferino (1066 words)

	Philip Kearny and the Battle of Solferino
		In the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino, a total of 40,000 French, Austrian, Italian casualties littered the countryside.
		The village of Solferino is situated south of Lake Garda between Milan and Verona in northern Italy.
		The Solferino battlefield is located along the Brescia to Mantua highway (N. 236), at a point 6.4 km southeast of Castiglione delle Stiviere.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/6732/files/kearny_solferino.html (753 words)

	Schlacht von Solferino - Wikipedia
		Die Grausamkeit der Schlacht und die Hilflosigkeit der verwundeten Soldaten veranlassten Henri Dunant zur Gründung des Roten Kreuzes und führten zur Vereinbarung der Genfer Konventionen von 1864.
		Zum Gedenken an die Schlacht von Solferino findet jährlich am 24.
		Fiaccolata) statt, bei welchem Tausende von Rot-Kreuz-Helfern bei Einbruch der Dämmerung mit Fackeln von Solferino nach Castiglione delle Stiviere ziehen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schlacht_von_Solferino (141 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Battle of Solferino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Solferino, Battle of, major engagement in the second Italian war for independence, fought on June 24, 1859.
		Battle : famous battles – modern – 19th century: Solferino, Battle of – Italian Unification
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	From the battle of Solferino to the eve of the First World War
		On 24 June 1859, during the War of Italian Unification, Franco-Sardinian forces clashed with Austrian troops near the small town of Solferino in northern Italy.
		On that day, a citizen of Geneva, Switzerland, Henry Dunant, was travelling to the area to meet Napoleon III on personal matters.
		He was beset by financial difficulties, but could not forget what he had seen, and in 1862 he published a work entitled A Memory of Solferino.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JNVP (1106 words)

	A Memory of Solferino
		They had placed their formidable array of artillery along a line of low hills to form the center of an immense attacking line, thus making it possible for the right and left wings to withdraw, if necessary, under the cover of these fortified heights, which they considered to be impregnable.
		All around Solferino, and especially in the village cemetery, the ground was littered with guns, knapsacks, cartridge-boxes, mess tins, helmets, shakoes, fatigue-caps, belts, equipment of every kind, remnants of blood-stained clothing and piles of broken weapons.
		They were cheered, comforted and encouraged, and when the conversation was led to the battle of Solferino, although it was there they had received their cruel wounds, they grew excited and fell readily into argument.
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	Henri Dunant
		I then realized for the first time that one man alone is powerless to act in the face of such misfortune and that no relief, however, small, can be brought to him unless the whole world joins hands in the fight against such dire poverty.
		A number of the men shuddered to think they were being devoured by these vermin, which they thought were emerging from their bodies, but which in reality were the result of the fly-infested atmosphere.
		Doctors and surgeons attached to the Austrian armies and captured while attending to the wounded shall be unconditionally released; those who have been attending to men wounded at the Battle of Solferino and lying in the hospital at Castiglione shall, at their request, be permitted to return to Austria.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /EUdunant.htm (2380 words)

	Solferino appointed to Abu Dhabi Grand \| Le Meridien
		Raffaele Solferino, operations director for the Abu Dhabi Grand, has started his tenure with just one mission: overseeing the hotel's operations through the re-branding process into Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi later this year, while taking active part in the creation and launching of all the new outlets.
		Solferino has held a number of high-profile positions around the world, specialising in food and beverage, before coming to the Abu Dhabi Grand where he will definitely set pace to all changes by focusing on three genuine key tools: Quality, service and creativity.
		Solferino studied at the ENAIP, a hotel school in Italy and started his career as a Maitre D' in a prestigious hotel in Monte Carlo, before working up to his current position via Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
	www.ameinfo.com /28920.html (630 words)

	Geneva Convention
		A Memory of Solferino was well received by Victor Hugo who wrote to Dunant that he was " arming humanity and serving the cause of freedom.
		At the fourth convention in 1949 (21st April - 12th August) the attending nations agreed to extend and codify existing provisions for four groups of victims - the sick and wounded, shipwrecked sailors, prisoners of war and civilians in territory occupied by an army.
		The sanitary commissions invaded most of the services, they arrogated control to themselves, they made reports, they soon functioned like an independent power; they were better informed than the government itself; newspapers have published their correspondence whether it was true, exaggerated, or false, etc. Only America can permit itself such eccentricities.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /EUgeneva.htm (4322 words)

	Solferino - Definition of Solferino by Webster's Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; - so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.
		solferino - a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
		Solferino - an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
	www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/Solferino (93 words)

	SOLFERINO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Solferino ist ein kleiner Ort zehn Kilometer südlich des Gardasees in der italienischen Provinz Mantua mit etwa 2500 Einwohnern.
		Die Stadt ist bekannt geworden durch die Schlacht am 24.
		Henri Dunant schrieb unter dem Eindruck der hilflosen Soldaten das Buch âErinnerungen an Solferino' und gründete das Rote Kreuz.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/S/Solferino (113 words)

	Domina Hotels & Resorts appoints Raffaele Solferino Vice President Director of Operations Support
		In his new role, Solferino will oversee the ongoing development and evolution of the standards and operating procedures of Domina Hotels four distinctive brands.
		During his 25 years spent with Hilton, Sol Melia, Sheraton, Starwood and Le Meridien, Solferino has developed a great blend of operational skills and application attributes in supporting senior management and operating executive in the development of business strategies and initiatives to ensure the long-term profitable growth of the company.
		Solferino will report directly to Francesco Borrello, chief executive officer of Domina Hotels and Resorts, and will be located at the Domina corporate office in Milan.
	www.asiatraveltips.com /news05/143-Domina.shtml (321 words)

	AllRefer.com - Solferino, Italy (Italian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Napoleon III, shocked by the huge losses and aware of the difficulties of continuing the war, soon afterward met Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria at Villafranca di Verona, where a preliminary peace was arranged.
		By a coincidence, J. Henry Dunant, the Swiss philanthropist, was present at the battle, which he described in Un Souvenir de SolfErino.
		His experience in witnessing the battle later inspired him to promote the Red Cross (founded 1864).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Solferin.html (227 words)

	Battle of Solferino -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Engagement fought in Lombardy between Austria and an allied French and Piedmontese army.
		The costly battle influenced Napoleon III to seek a truce (the Peace of Villafranca), which contributed to the unification of Italy.
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	A La Cuisine!: Dine & Dish: Solferino Café
		While that might sound crazy and excessive, it was all done in the name of this month’s Dine and Dish event, where Sarah of The Delicious Life asked us visit to a restaurant less than a year old.
		Located in Toronto’s picturesque St. Lawrence Market district, Solferino Café is spacious and elegant in décor.
		Depending on the flavour, fresh or frozen purées are added, the ingredients are pasteurized before being cooled in a gelato machine, which constantly stirs the mixture to break up ice crystals as they form.
	www.alacuisine.org /alacuisine/2005/07/dish_and_dine_s.html (1285 words)

	→ Residenza Solferino Roma, Rome, Latium & Rome (Lazio), Italy - bed and breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Residenza Solferino is in the northwest zone of the capital in Via Aurelia, 15 minutes from St. Peter's and a stone's throw from the "ring-road".
		La localizzazione della Residenza Solferino è nella zona nord-ovest della Capitale, precisamente in Via Aurelia, a 15 minuti da S.Pietro ed a due passi dal Grande Raccordo Anulare.
		Si dirà che il Centro Storico è più seducente, ma la Residenza Solferino a prezzi più che dimezzati rispetto al Centro, può offrire appartamenti nuovi, arredamento di gran lusso e pregio, ampio giardino alberato per piacevoli serate all’aperto, parcheggio facile, la tecnologia televisiva del surround, la dotazione in ciascun appartamento di computer-stampante-fax.
	www.bnbchoices.com /italy/solferino-roma.bnb (1201 words)

	Farmholidays and villa rentals in Tuscany
		This culture is not only learned on the desks, is necessary with of the experience of the old ones, of contemplativa observation also of the from Tuscany atmosphere, of deepened studies of agrarian and of veterinary, acquaintances analytics of organolettica chemistry, and above all it is necessary to pass more possible time in Tuscany.
		Castiglioncello," the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian one", is in fact a place more towards the sea that not to the campaign, is a covered cape of pinewood that it is thrown in an only blue sea in the colors and small beaches.
		Then there is the market of the Wednesday and Sunday in Forte dei MArmi (the only once!), on monday the market in Castiglioncello, on Tuesday in Rosignano, on Wednesday in Cecina..
	www.toscanatoscana.it /residenzasolferino_uk.htm (465 words)

	Battle of Solferino
		Historically the French took Solferino and Cavriana after a tough fight and a magnificent showing by La Garde.
		The centre table covers the attack by French 1st and Guard Corps against Solferino (held by Austrian V Corps) and 2nd Corps against Cavriana (Austrian 1st Corps).
		Solferino Tower is represented by a village block.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/vb/scenarios/solferino.htm (3817 words)

	Henry Dunant - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Undeterred by the fact that Napoleon was in the field directing the French armies who, with the Italians, were striving to drive the Austrians out of Italy, Dunant made his way to Napoleon's headquarters near the northern Italian town of Solferino.
		He arrived there in time to witness, and to participate in the aftermath of, one of the bloodiest battles of the nineteenth century.
		Hendtlass, Willy, «Henry Dunant: Leben und Werk», in Solferino, pp.
	nobelprize.org /peace/laureates/1901/dunant-bio.html (1165 words)

	The battle of Solferino (24 June 1859)
		The decisive clash of the war of Italian unification; the suffering of the wounded left without care was the inspiration for the founding of the Red Cross.
		The battle of Solferino (24 June 1859) was the decisive episode in the struggle for Italian unification.
		The French, allied to the Sardinians, with Emperor Napoleon III at their head, faced the Austrian troops.
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	Battle of Solferino
		Battle of Solferino, Napoleon III at Solferino by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier.
		However, these pictures were enough to establish his reputation and he was invited by Napoleon 111 to join the Imperial Staff on the expedition to Italy in 1859.
		Inspired by what he witnesses, Meissonier began to paint military scenes from the war such as The Emperor at Solferino, which was shown at the 1864 Salon, and The Emperor and his staff.
	www.military-art.com /dhm238.htm (913 words)

	→ Residenza Solferino, Castiglioncello, Tuscany (Toscana), Italy - bed and breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Residenza Solferino is situated 800 meters from the sea with a commanding position that gracefully looks over the town of Castiglioncello, a famous beach resort 20 km south of Livorno.
		Accessibility is guaranteed by links to the Aurelia (state road), by the coast road that runs south from Livorno in a stunningly beautiful setting and by the Genoa-Rosignano motorway with which one can reach Pisa airport in 20 minutes.
		Located in the town of Castiglioncello, Solferino residence is a Tuscan Farmhouse typical of those found in North Maremma.
	www.bnbchoices.com /italy/residenza-solferino.bnb (693 words)

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