Cesare Balbo in Ljubljana

Abstract

One of the ideologists of the Italian Risorgimento Cesare Balbo (1789—1853) spent in the years 1811 and 1812 some months in Ljubljana as a member of the commission for debts liquidation in the territory of the Illyrian Provinces. Balbo didn't feel well in Ljubljana and could hardly wait to get rid of that thankless work. One can only guess if he had any contacts with the Slovenes in Ljubljana. His later political activity and publicity don't indicate exactly any searching knowledge of the problem of the Slav nations living in the Illyrian Provinces.