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Former national capitals in Italy. Pages in category "Former capitals of Italy" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Italian Republic: Italy: 1802 1805 Became the Kingdom of Italy: Salò: Italian Social Republic: Italy: 1943 1945 Republic ceased to exist Milan: Italy, Kingdom of (Napoleonic) Italy: 1805 1814 Kingdom ceased to exist Turin: Italy, Kingdom of (Sardinian) Italy: 1861 1865 moved to Florence: Florence: Italy, Kingdom of (Sardinian) Italy: 1865 1871 ...
Rome is the national capital of Italy and is the seat of the Italian Government. The official residences of the President of the Italian Republic and the Italian Prime Minister, the seats of both houses of the Italian Parliament and that of the Italian Constitutional Court are located in the historic centre.
The Vittoriano as seen from Piazza Venezia.In the foreground is the hedge with the shape and colors of the flag of Italy that is located in the center of the square. The history of the Vittoriano, an Italian national monument complex located in Rome's Piazza Venezia on the northern slope of the Capitoline Hill, began in 1878 when it was decided to erect in the capital a permanent monument ...
It served as the capital of the Duchy of Naples (661–1139), of the Kingdom of Sicily, of the Kingdom of Naples (1282–1816) and finally of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861. The city has seen the rise and fall of several civilisations and cultures, each of which has left traces in its art and architecture, and during ...
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia, Italian: [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Italian: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II), also known as the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria ("Altar of the Fatherland"), is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy. [2]
Milan is the economic capital of Italy, [259] and a global financial centre and fashion capital of the world. Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, is the world's oldest or second oldest bank in continuous operation. Eni is considered one of the world's oil and gas supermajors. [260]