1848 uprisings shook the whole Tuscany and also
Chianciano wasn't spared. The restoration of the constitutional
monarchy under Leopold II after a period of provisional government
calmed the Town Council. Nevertheless Chianciano was newly shaken
by the passage of Garibaldi's troops, on the 16th July 1849.
In 1859 the Grand Duke Leopold II left Florence and Ricasoli
was elected to preside the provisional government. The people
in Chianciano supported with no reservation the politics of
the new government and gave their consent, though in a moderate
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The beginning of the
twentieth century is characterised by a lively political struggle
between the liberal-monarchic party and the socialist one,
that had been growing since the end of the previous century.
As a matter of fact the popular classes begin to shift the
current political and social balances. Umberto Lucherini will
be the first socialist Syndic in Chianciano. He is nominated
on the 7th December 1907. The following history of Chianciano
will be closely linked to the problem of haw to improve the
Thermal Baths, the town having been identifying itself since
ever with them.
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