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Costantino, count Nigra (11 June 1828 – 1 July 1907) was an Italian diplomat.

Costantino Nigra
Costantino Nigra
Personal details
Born	(1828-06-11)June 11, 1828 Villa Castelnuovo Turin
Died	1 July 1907(1907-07-01) (aged 79) Rapallo
Alma mater	University of Turin

Biography

Nigra was born at Villa Castelnuovo, in the province of Turin.[1]

During the war of 1848 he interrupted his studies to serve as a volunteer against Austria, and was wounded at the battle of Rivoli. On the conclusion of peace he entered the Piedmontese foreign office; he accompanied Victor Emmanuel and Cavour to Paris and London in 1855, and in the following year he took part in the conference of Paris by which the Crimean War was brought to an end.[1]

After the meeting at Plombières between Cavour and Napoleon III Nigra was sent to Paris again to popularize a Franco-Piedmontese alliance, Nigra being, as Cavour said, the only person perhaps who knows all my thoughts, even the most secret. He was instrumental in negotiating the marriage between Victor Emmanuel's daughter Clothilde and Napoleon's nephew, and during the war of 1859 he was always with the emperor. He was recalled from Paris when the occupation of the Marche and Umbria by the Piedmontese caused a breach in Franco-Italian relations, and was appointed secretary of state to the prince of Carignano, viceroy of the Neapolitan provinces.[1]

When Napoleon recognized the kingdom of Italy in 1861, Nigra returned to France as minister-resident, and for many years played a most important part in political affairs. In 1876 he was transferred to St Petersburg with the rank of ambassador, in 1882 to London, and in 1885 to Vienna. In 1899 he represented Italy at the first Hague Peace Conference.[2] He was created count in 1882 and senator in 1890. In 1904 he retired, and he died at Rapallo on 1 July 1907.[1]

Nigra was a sound classical scholar, and published translations of many Greek and Latin poems with valuable comments; he was also a poet and the author of several works of folk-lore and popular poetry, of which the most important is his Canti popolari del Piemonte.[1]

In February 1860, Nigra joined the regular Masonic Lodge "Ausonia" of Turin.[3] Shortly after the death of Cavour, he was elected as Great Master of the Grand Orient of Italy.

Honors

Grand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Works

• 1861, La rassegna di Novara published in 1875
• 1863, La gondola Veneziana (barcarola)
• 1872, Le reliquie Celtiche
• 1888, Canti popolari del Piemonte
• 1891, La chioma di Berenice (Callimaco), elegy by Callimachus with text in Latin by Catullus, 1891
• 1892, Inni di Callimaco su Diana e sui lavacri di Pallade (traduzione, recensione e commento da Callimaco)
• 1903, Idillii

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nigra, Costantino". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 686.

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[fr] Costantino Nigra

Costantino Nigra (né le 11 juin 1828 à Villa Castelnuovo, dans la province de Turin, Piémont et mort le 1er juillet 1907 à Rapallo) est un philologue, poète et homme politique italien.

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[ru] Нигра, Костантино

Костантино Нигра граф ди Вилла-Кастельнуово (итал. Costantino Nigra Conte di Villa Castelnuovo, 11 июня 1828 года, Вилла Кастельнуово — 1 июля 1907 года, Рапалло) — итальянский поэт, филолог, политик и дипломат.

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