Draining the swamp - Garibaldi's plan to diver Rome's river

In 1875, Rome came close to losing its river.In that year, the liberator of Italy, General Giuseppe Garibaldi, visited and announced plans to clean up the Eternal City. 

His main target was the River Tiber. Garibaldi would solve problems from pollution to flooding by diverting the river and completely removing it from the city. 

Where did this idea come from? And why wasn’t it carried out? 

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Music credits 

The theme music is Newsroom by Riot.