Italian Empire Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
colonial policies undertaken by the Kingdom of Italy (1882-1946)
About Italian Empire
After the fall of theRoman Empire, the Italian peninsula was divided into numerous independent city-states. This began to change in the 19th century, as the Kingdom of Sardinia began its conquest of the entire peninsula in 1815. In 1861, the Kingdom of Sardinia changed its name to the Kingdom of Italy, with Vittorio Emanuele II being proclaimed King of Italy. The unification of Italy is generally regarded to have been completed in 1871, when Rome fell to the Kingdom of Italy, and the Pope lost most of his temporal holdings, with the Papal holdings being reduced to what is today theVatican City. After unification, Italy had aspirations to grow into a great colonial empire like the French, Germans, British and Russians, but was only able to obtain a limited number of colonies due to being la
Italian Empire Travel Guide Sections
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