thumb|Execution of the Bandieras
thumb|Palace Soderini, home of Attilio and Emilio Bandiera, facade in Campo Bandiera e Moro, Venice
thumb|Tombs on [[Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice]]
The brothers Attilio (1811–1844) and Emilio Bandiera (1819–1844) were Italian nationalists during the Risorgimento.
Background
Emilio was born in Venice and Attilio was born in Spalato: both were sons of Baron Francesco Bandiera, an admiral in the Austrian Navy, and were themselves members of that service. At an early age they were won over to the ideas of Italian unification, and corresponded with Giuseppe Mazzini and other members of the Giovine Italia, a patriotic revolutionary secret society.
During the year 1843 the air was full of different conspiracies and various other ill-starred attempts at nationalist uprisings were made. The Bandiera brothers spread propaganda among the officers and enlisted men of the Austrian navy, nearly all Italians, and planned to seize a warship to bombard the city of Messina. Having been betrayed by informants they fled to Corfu early in 1844.