I've been teaching about nationalism in my World History classes these last few days, and today came upon the unification of Italy.

It is hard to imagine that, following the fall of Rome, Italy was a fragmented peninsula made up of warring city-states, petty dukedoms, and the Papal States, each an sovereign state in its own right. But the nationalistic impulse sparked by Napoleon's conquest of the peninsula, combined with the revolutionary spirit of Mazzini and Garibaldi and the open support of King Victor Emmanuel II, led to the declaration of March 17, 1861 declaration of a unified Italian kingdom -- to be followed by the final conquest of the papacy's temporal dominion within the decade.

Today, Italy is a land noted for its beauty and history, as well as its travel and leisure industry. Take the opportunity, my friends, to consider investing in property in Tuscany, Sicily, or one of the many beautiful regions of Italy!

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