The unification of Italy is inextricably bound up with the "Risorgimento" - an Italian word which suggests the idea of awakening and the recovery of strength - and was perhaps the most important event in modern Italian history. ... From the beginning of time until 1861 there had only been the history of individual regions, but from that month onward there existed a united kingdom. ... In other words, virtually none of Italy was owned by Italians. ... The Italian army was then able to move into Rome and Italy at last included the entire peninsula. Rome became the capital of Italy in 1871. ...

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The baroque is a cultural movement in European history , the lavish, heavy decoration and curvaceous, complex forms evolved in Rome around c1620-1660 as an expression of Catholic resurgence. ... The Baroque rapidly developed into two separate forms; the strongly Roman Catholic countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Flanders, Bohemia, Southern Germany, Poland and Austria) tended toward freer and more active architectural forms and surfaces ; in Protestant regions (England, Netherlands, Northern Europe) architecture was more restrained and developed a sober, quiet monumentality impressive in its ref...

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In this confrontation, Pope Pius II realized the corruption of the young Rodrigo and wrote a letter to Rodrigo for his misconduct in Sienna and also wrote saying that Rodrigo often drank, gambled, and even often visited brothels (a house of "legal " prostitutes in Italy), even though Rodrigo had been ordained as Priest in 1468. ...

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