Rome Taken by Italy
September 20, 1870
With French troops withdrawn to fight Prussia, Italian bersaglieri breached the Aurelian walls at Porta Pia and entered Rome. A plebiscite ratified annexation within weeks. The Pope retired behind the Vatican walls and refused to recognize the Italian state for nearly sixty years. Italian unification was, at last, essentially complete.
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