Capture of Rome
The Capture of Rome (Italian: Presa di Roma) on 20 September 1870 was the final event of the unification of Italy (Risorgimento), marking both the final defeat of the Papal States under Pope Pius IX and the unification of most of the Italian Peninsula (except San Marino) under the Kingdom of Italy, a constitutional monarchy.
| Capture of Rome | |||||||||
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| Part of the unification of Italy | |||||||||
Breach of Porta Pia, by Carlo Ademollo (1880) | |||||||||
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| Kingdom of Italy | Papal States | ||||||||
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| 50,000 | 13,157 | ||||||||
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49 killed 132 wounded |
19 killed 68 wounded | ||||||||
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| Vatican City |
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The capture of Rome by the Italian army brought an end to the Papal States, which had existed since 756, and the temporal power of the Holy See, and led to the establishment of Rome as the capital of unified Italy. It is widely commemorated in Italy, especially in cathedral cities, by naming streets for the date: Via XX Settembre (spoken form: "Via Venti Settembre").
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