Enrico Sappia | |
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Born | April 17, 1833 Touët-de-l'Escarène, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
Died | September 29, 1909 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
Parent(s) | Giuseppe Sappia Marcellina Simon |
Enrico Sappia (1833-1906) was a journalist and author.
Henri Sappia was born on April 17, 1833, in Touët-de-l'Escarène, County of Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia, (nowadays Alpes-Maritimes, France).[1]
Sappia was sentenced to a 15-year prison sentence on August 12, 1870, due to his opposition to Emperor Napoleon III and his support for the republic.[2] With the fall of the Second French Empire on September 4, 1870, he never went to jail.[2]
Sappia was a journalist.[1] He founded Nice-historique in 1898.[1][3]
Sappia co-founded the Acadèmia Nissarda, a historical society in Nice, in 1904 with Alexandre Baréty.[3][4] He stressed that Nice was culturally Provençal, not Italian.[3]
Sappia died on September 29, 1909, in Nice, France.[1] The Boulevard Henri Sappia in Nice was named after him.[5]