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• Autore/i
  Vidic, F.
• Titolo pubblicazione
  Buda 1686. Il generale Rodolfo Rabatta, un «eroe goriziano», nella guerra coi Turchi
• Titolo giornale o rivista in cui è pubblicata
  Borc San Roc
• Luogo pubblicazione
  Gorizia
• Numero di serie del libro o giornale
  32
• Da pagina
  67
• A pagina
  73
• Abstract
  This article summarizes the biography of the General Rodolfo Rabatta (1636-1688), from an ancient Gorizia family, who is considered one of the most brilliant military commanders of the Habsburg Monarchy. Its decisive contribution to the Austrian victory in the siege of Vienna (1683) and to the subsequent Austro-Turkish war is due to innovations in the logistic chain and in the improvement of the conditions of the soldiers thanks to a solid supply network and the creation of military field hospitals. Rabatta, unlike his contemporaries, prevented the army from plundering the occupied territories to obtain supplies. The family origins, the marriage with the daughter of the vice president of the Imperial War Council of Vienna were relevant elements behind the choice of the military career made by Rabatta, who became the protagonist of the liberation of Buda (1686). The portrait of Rodolfo Rabatta preserved in the collection of Palazzo Coronini Cronberg in Gorizia is presented for the first time; it has been identified thanks to the comparison with prints and engravings of the time.
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