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Vittoria Ruspoli

Rome, 31 Dec 1892 – Rome, 13 Jan 1982

5 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born31 Dec 1892, Romenot verified1 source
  • Died13 Jan 1982, Romenot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 31 Dec 1892

    Born in Rome

  2. 8 Nov 1913

    A daughter is born

  3. 13 Jan 1982

    Dies in Rome, aged 89

Family

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Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Rome.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1890s · Vittoria is born in Rome

Who governed

What people wore

Holy Day respect in clean clothing

On feast days, laboring men and women carefully preserved special clothes to wear, as wearing a clean, pure white shirt or jacket was considered a necessary sign of respect toward God.

Getting around

Railway challenges and social class differences

Train schedules were unreliable and inconsistent between cities, sometimes varying by over 10 minutes due to different local time standards. Trains also had distinct social classes, with third-class passengers often enduring crowded, basic, and sometimes unroofed carriages.

What it cost

Bread price spikes in Milan

The price of prime-quality bread in Milan rose from 30 centesimi per libra in April 1897 to 38 centesimi by January 1898.

The cinema. In a Paris café the Lumière brothers showed films to a paying audience for the first time.Around the world · 1895

The cinema. In a Paris café the Lumière brothers showed films to a paying audience for the first time.

Unknown authorUnknown author · public domain

In the news1898

The Bread Riots of 1898

Widespread bread riots broke out across Italy in 1898 due to rising wheat prices, leading to mass repression, including the Bava Beccaris massacre in Milan where up to 400 people were killed.

Music

Zampognari bagpipers at Christmas

At Christmas, zampognari bagpipers from the Abruzzi mountains traveled to Naples to perform with a bagpipe and a small clarinet called a ciaramella. They went from house to house playing and singing for the Novena, the nine days before Christmas.

Daily life

Rural homes and the shared stable lifestyle

In rural areas, many homes were small, unhealthy buildings often with only two rooms: a ground floor kitchen with dirt floors and an upstairs sleeping area. Families frequently spent winters in stables to use animal heat for warmth to save on firewood.