Talk:Alberto da Giussano

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I have deleted the current Lega Nord badge, and replaced with a Nautral pic. of the statue, because i dont think we should mention the imagary of Alberto da Giussano in modern italian politics in the Article AdG. I think this deserves a Mention in the Laga Nord article but not in AdG article.

I translated a bit from the italian article. --AndreaFox2 (talk) 22:07, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Lombard or Italian hero?
I have changed the appellation of "Italian", because at the time the Battle of Legnano occured Italy had never existed and the Peninsula had been divided in tons of states or kingdoms under many different rulers, since the Roman Empire fell. The story of this legendary hero was written by some monk named Galvano Fiamma, who lived in Milan, and he wrote this tale to please Galeazzo Visconti (the lord of the City).

As Giussano was never recognised or praised as a national hero, and considering that this is likely because he fought to preserve the indipendence of the Comuni in Northern Italy, saying that he was an Italian legendary hero is very incorrect.

To further demonstrate that I'm right and that my claims are legitimate, I invite you to check the Italian and German versions of this article (both languages that I speak well), you are going to see he's never mentioned as an italian figure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Milo933 (talk • contribs) 08:38, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Lombards were a Germanic tribe. Alberto da Giussano was Italian just like Dante Alighieri or Marco Polo. Ethnicity is not related to a political state.--Enok (talk) 20:17, 15 August 2014 (UTC)