Anniversary of the Unification of Italy
The Anniversary of the Unification of Italy is a national day that falls annually on 17 March and celebrates the birth of Italy as a modern nation state, which took place following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861.
Most important officers of the Italian State paying homage to the Italian Unknown Soldier at Altare della Patria in Rome on 17 March 2023 on the occasion of the 162nd anniversary of the unification of Italy
King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Carlo Bossoli: the royal procession at the opening of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy
The Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome, a national symbol of Italy celebrating the first king of the unified country, and resting place of the Italian Unknown Soldier since the end of World War I. It was inaugurated in 1911, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
The proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy happened with a normative act of the Savoyard Kingdom of Sardinia — the law 17 March 1861, n. 4761 — with which Victor Emmanuel II assumed for himself and for his successors the title of King of Italy. 17 March is commemorated annually by the anniversary of the unification of Italy, a national holiday established in 1911 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary, and also celebrated, in the Republican era, in 1961 and 2011.
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
Carlo Bossoli: the royal procession at the opening of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy
King Vittorio Emanuele II assumes the title of King of Italy with the law n. 4671 of 17 March 1861 of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
