During the reign of Louis XV, a customs inspector passing through Bologna once complained, "I cannot bear this bland Italian life, riding in a carriage through a city choked by heat and dust."
The magistrate of Milan was named Carlo Bignami. He was the most famous banker in Lombardy. When Napoleon demanded a war contribution of twenty million Francs from Milan in 1796, he had no choice but to split it equally with two others. Later, the three of them replaced the old magistrates and became the three members of the central police district.
He never spoke at meetings, nor did he take any part in managing the police organization. He merely ensured that the police received their pay.
As for the count Georgiana had met earlier, it was said that he had been involved in a scandal with a married woman in Bologna. Afterward, he went to Venice, where Denon was still staying at the time. When news of Louis XVI's execution arrived, he expressed not only shock but fierce anti-French sentiment. Later, he took part in the Pope's defensive mapping work along the coast of Lazio.
The fortress was located in the town of Santa Severa, north of Rome, and had been a defensive stronghold since the days of Ancient Rome.
Georgiana then took out a map of Italy's roads, drawn during the reign of Louis XVI. Although Louis XVI had ordered road construction in France to cease, Naples had continued building roads. The current Spanish House of Bourbon were in fact descendants of Charles III, King of Naples and the half-brother of King Fernando VI of Spain, since Fernando VI had died without an heir. After ascending the throne, Charles III signed the Bourbon Family Compact with Louis XV, agreeing to jointly contain Britain. Yet the treaty