Territorial change

Two Sicilies → Italy (unification)

1860 · Two Sicilies

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When
1860
Kind
Territorial change
Where
Two Sicilies
Coordinates
40.85° N, 14.25° E
Process
unification
Type
Unification (new entity from 2+ pre-existing)
Pop
8703130
Area km2
11950
Gaining
Italy

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Kingdom in southern Italy (1815–1861)

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and land area in Italy before the Italian unification, comprising Sicily and most of the area of today's Mezzogiorno and covering virtually all of the Italian peninsula south of the Papal Stat…

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