Codice albumGBB-F-004047

Codice inventarioGBB-F-004047-0000

1870, september, ROMA, ITALY : The bombs effects by Savoia troups from GIANICOLO Hill on the medioeval district of SPINA DI BORGO (today destroyed after Benito Mussolini orders for enstablish the VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE in 1936 for celebrate the Patti Lateranensi) neighborhood of SAN PIETRO Cathedral and VATICANO. The Capture of Rome (September 20, 1870) was the final event of the long process known as unification of Italy, which led to the unification of the Italian peninsula under the House of Savoy arms in the 19th century. The intransigent Pius IX decided that the surrender of the city would be granted only after his troops had put up a token resistance, enough to make it plain that the take-over was not freely accepted. On 20 September, after a cannonade of three hours had breached the Aurelian Walls at Porta Pia, the Bersaglieri entered Rome.

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