Treaty of Tolentino

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The Treaty of Tolentino was a 1797 agreement imposed by Napoleonic France on the Papal States, forcing major territorial cessions, heavy indemnities, and the transfer of artworks and treasures to France.

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Treaty of Tolentino canonical 1
Treaty of Tolentino (1797) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
historical event
peace treaty
appliesToJurisdiction Papal States
countrySignatory French Republic
Papal States
dateSigned 1797-02-19
followedBy French occupation of Rome (1798)
proclamation of the Roman Republic (1798)
follows Armistice of Bologna
Italian campaign of 1796–1797
surface form: French invasion of Italy (1796–1797)
genre international agreement
hasCause French Revolutionary Wars
French military victories in northern Italy
War of the First Coalition
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary era
imposedBy Napoleon Bonaparte
language French
Italian
locationSigned Italy
Tolentino
Tolentino
surface form: Tolentino, Marche
mainSubject art confiscation
secularization of papal territories
territorial cession
war indemnity
namedAfter Tolentino
negotiatedBy Napoleon Bonaparte
participant Pope Pius VI
partOf French Revolutionary Wars
Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon’s Italian campaign
result French control over former papal territories
large financial indemnity to France
territorial losses for the Papal States
transfer of artworks to France
weakening of papal temporal power
signatory Holy See
First French Empire
surface form: Napoleonic France
significance major episode in the spoliation of Italian art by France
marked the peak of French pressure on the Papal States before their occupation
preceded the French occupation of Rome in 1798
stipulates cession of Avignon to France
cession of territories in the Legations of Bologna, Ferrara and Romagna
cession of the Comtat Venaissin to France
delivery of art treasures and manuscripts to France
payment of a large monetary indemnity by the Papal States
recognition of French annexations in Italy
year 1797

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Comtat Venaissin annexationConfirmedBy Treaty of Tolentino
Treaties of the French Revolutionary Wars hasPart Treaty of Tolentino
this entity surface form: Treaty of Tolentino (1797)