What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dr Dominic Joseph Poggi 29th August 1811 to 15th October 1880 This shelter marks the position of Dr Poggi's New Brighton College which was burnt down on or about 27th October 1862. The family were given shelter by Mr Holland a magistrate who owned Vale House. The great Italian liberator, General Garibaldi had two sons; one or both were educated at the College.
Dr Dominic Joseph Poggi founded New Brighton College, which briefly educated sons of the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, highlighting its role in 19th-century transnational educational and political connections.
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