Italian unification (Italian: il Risorgimento, meaning The Resurgence) was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century. Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this period, many scholars agree that the process began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna and the end of Napoleonic rule, and ended in 1870 with the Capture of Rome. The last terre irredente did not, however, join the Kingdom of Italy until after World War I with the Treaty of Saint-Germain.
Read more about Italian Unification: Background, Revolutions of 1848–1849, Third War of Independence (1866), Risorgimento and Irredentism, Cultural Depictions, Maps of Italian Unification
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