1. Italian Unification of 1870
... over the city (Sarti). However, when French troops were removed, in 1870, the Italian Army occupied Rome, prompting Pius IX to lock himself in the Vatican and declare himself a ˜prisoner of the Vatican'. Henceforth, all relations with the government turned sour, and it was not until 1929 that the Papacy recognized the Italian state. The government did try to make ... ...
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