Henri Sappia

Enrico Sappia (1833-1906) was a journalist and author.

Early life

Henri Sappia was born on April 17, 1833, in Touët-de-l'Escarène, County of Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia, (nowadays Alpes-Maritimes, France).

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. With the fall of the Second French Empire on September 4, 1870, he never went to jail.

Career

Sappia was a journalist. He founded Nice-historique in 1898.

Sappia co-founded the Acadèmia Nissarda, a historical society in Nice, in 1904 with Alexandre Baréty. He stressed that Nice was culturally Provençal, not Italian.

Death and legacy

Sappia died on September 29, 1909, in Nice, France. The Boulevard Henri Sappia in Nice was named after him.

Further reading

• Elso Simone Serpentini - Loris Di Giovanni, "Il prigioniero dimenticato. La detenzione di Enrico Sappia a Castel dell'Ovo (1850-1854)", Artemia Nova Editrice, 2021.
• Elso Simone Serpentini, "Enrico Sappia davanti all'Alta Corte di Blois. Il processo per l'attentato alla sicurezza dello Stato e alla vita dell'Imperatore (1870)", Artemia Nova Editrice, 2022.
• Elso Simone Serpentini, "Enrico Sappia, Nizza e i Vespri Nizzardi", Artemia Nova Editrice, 2024.

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