Giacinto Provana di Collegno (Turin, 1793 –Baveno, 1856) was an Italian patriot of theRisorgimento period, a friend ofGiuseppe Garibaldi. Trained as a geologist, he became aPiedmontese politician and in July 1848 he was appointed Minister of War in theCasati government.
Collegno fought during theNapoleonic Wars, reaching the rank of colonel in an engineering unit. Following his exile from Italy he joined his friend countAnnibale Santorre di Rossi de Pomarolo, Count of Santarosa to Greece where they fought in theGreek War of Independence. On 31 March 1825, he was appointed head engineer of theNeokastro garrison which at the time was undergoing asiege by Egyptian troops.[1]
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