Capture of Rome (1870)
1870 · Event
Italian troops breach the Aurelian walls at Porta Pia; ends Papal States and the temporal power of the Popes.
On these timelines: The Unification of Italy, Italy (post-476 CE), Christianity, Major Religions, The Papacy
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