Targioni Tozzetti, Fanny |
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BORN 9 May 1801, Firenze, Toscana - DIED 29 Mar 1889, Firenze, Toscana BIRTH NAME Ronchivecchi, Fanny GRAVE LOCATION Antella, Firenze, Toscana: Cimitero Monumentale della Misericordia di Santa Maria, Via di Montisoni |
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Fanny Ronchivecchi was the daughter of Luigi Ronchivecchi and Teresa Manzi. She married professor Antonio Targioni Tozzetti, a doctor and a botanist. They had three daughters, Giulia, Adele and Teresa. She hosted a literary salon at their house in the Via Ghibellina that was visited by many authors and artists. Shortly after the poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) arrived in Florence he was introduced to Fanny by the poet Alessandro Poerio (1802-1848). Leopardi remarked how beautiful she was and how well she spoke her languages. Fanny and her husband collected autographs of famous people and Leopardi provided her with autographs of Vittorio Alfieri, Alphonse de Lamartine and others. Leopardi was in love with her, but his love was not openly returned. She was the inspiration for his cycle of Aspasia, a series of poems. However, she was saddened by Leopardi's death in 1837. She was also a close friend of the Neapolitan exile antonio Ranieri. |
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 The grave of Fanny Targioni Tozzetti at the Cimitero Monumentale della Misericordia di Santa Maria, Antella. Picture by Androom (20 Feb 2018) |
Sources • Fanny Targioni Tozzetti - Wikipedia (IT) |
