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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 ...
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]
After a plebiscite held on 2 October 1870, Rome was officially made capital of Italy on 3 February 1871, completing the unification of Italy (Risorgimento). The capture of Rome by the Royal Italian Army brought an end to the Papal States, which had existed since the Donation of Pepin in 756, along with the temporal power of the Holy See , and ...
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 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.
Political map of Italy in the year 1843. Following the defeat of Napoleon's France, the Congress of Vienna (1815) was convened to redraw the European continent. In Italy, the Congress restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments, either directly ruled or strongly influenced by the prevailing European powers, particularly ...
Ravenna (/ r ə ˈ v ɛ n ə / rə-VEN-ə; Italian:, also local pronunciation: [raˈvɛn(n)a] ⓘ; Romagnol: Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its collapse in 476, after which it served ...