The history of the Italian Republic concerns the events relating to the history of Italy that have occurred since 1946, when Italy became a republic after the 1946 Italian institutional referendum. Th
Giuseppe Mazzini. His thoughts influenced many politicians of a later period, among them Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Mahatma Gandhi, Golda Meir and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Carlo Cattaneo
Felice Cavallotti
Benito Mussolini titled himself Duce and ruled the country from 1922 to 1943.
Free Territory of Trieste
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The Free Territory of Trieste was an independent territory in Southern Europe between Italy and Yugoslavia, facing the north part of the Adriatic Sea, under direct responsibility of the United Nations
History of the Italian Republic
…Italians), the others being ethnic Slovenians, ethnic Croatians, and ethnic Istro-Romanians, choosing to maintain Italian citizenship. Later, the Free Territory of Trieste was divided between the two states. Italy also lost all of its colonial possessions, formally ending the Italian Empire. In 1950, Italian Somaliland…
Free Territory of Trieste identity card
A 1950 poster for the Marshall Plan displaying national flags of European countries, including one for Trieste with a blue background (the United Nations' official colour)
Border between the Free Territory of Trieste (Duino-Aurisina / Devin-Nabrežina) and Italy (Monfalcone)
A postage stamp for Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste, 1948