Capture of Rome

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The Capture of Rome was the 1870 military seizure of the city by the Kingdom of Italy that ended papal temporal power and completed the unification of Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
historical event
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Breccia di Porta Pia
Presa di Roma
belligerent Kingdom of Italy
Papal States
casualtiesAndLosses Italian casualties relatively light
Papal casualties relatively light
casusBelli Refusal of the Papal States to join the Kingdom of Italy
chronologyPosition Final major act of Italian unification
combatantStrength Italian Army approximately 50,000 troops
Papal forces approximately 13,000 troops
commander Hermann Kanzler
Pope Pius IX
Raffaele Cadorna
conflictType siege
country Kingdom of Italy
endDate 1870-09-20
followedBy Roman Question
Rome designated capital of the Kingdom of Italy
hasEffectOn Italian Risorgimento
surface form: Italian national unification

Sovereign of the Papal States
surface form: Papal temporal power
hasPartOf Breaching of the Aurelian Walls at Porta Pia
legalConsequence Annexation of Rome by plebiscite
location Lazio
Papal States
Rome
militaryAction Artillery bombardment of Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia
opponent Papal States
partOf Italian Risorgimento
surface form: Italian unification

Italian Risorgimento
surface form: Risorgimento
politicalConsequence Beginning of the Roman Question between Italy and the Papacy
Pope confined to the Vatican
Rome became capital of unified Italy
precededBy Franco-Prussian War withdrawal of French troops from Rome
Third Italian War of Independence
relatedDocument Lateran Treaty
Law of Guarantees
religiousConsequence Pope Pius IX declared himself a prisoner in the Vatican
result Completion of Italian unification
End of papal temporal power
Italian victory
Rome annexed by the Kingdom of Italy
significantPlace Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo
surface form: Aurelian Walls

Porta Pia
Quirinal Palace
startDate 1870-09-20
temporalScope End of Papal States as a sovereign territorial power
year 1870

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Italian Risorgimento hasPart Capture of Rome
this entity surface form: Annexation of the Papal States
Italian Risorgimento hasPart Capture of Rome
Papal States endCause Capture of Rome
Third Italian War of Independence followedBy Capture of Rome
this entity surface form: Capture of Rome (1870)
Annexation of Venetia relatedEvent Capture of Rome
Italian Wars of Independence significantEvent Capture of Rome
this entity surface form: Capture of Rome (1870)
Roman Question significantEvent Capture of Rome
States of the Church event Capture of Rome