risorgimento

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The political and military movement that led to the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century
(Italian; "Rising Again") Nineteenth-century movement for Italian unification. Reforms introduced by France into its Italian states in the Napoleonic period remained after the states were restored to their former rulers in 1815 and provided an impetus for the movement. Secret groups such as Young Italy advocated Italian unity, and leaders such as Camillo Cavour, who founded the journal Il Risorgimento (1847), Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Giuseppe Mazzini called for liberal reforms and a united Italy. After the failure of the Revolutions of 1848, leadership passed to Cavour and Piedmont, which formed an alliance with France against Austria (1859). The unification of most of Italy in 1861, followed by the annexation of Venetia (1866) and papal Rome (1870), marked the end of the Risorgimento
{i} Italian renaissance, movement of liberation and political revival and unification in Italy; period from 1750 to 1870 during which Risorgimento movement took place
{i} renaissance, rebirth, revival; time of renewal
risorgimento