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| | Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The Italy of modern times became a nation-state belatedly — on March 17, 1861, when most of the states of the peninsula and the Two Sicilies were united under king Victor Emmanuel II of the Savoy dynasty, hitherto king of Sardinia, a realm that included Piedmont. |
 | | The architect of Italian unification was Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, the Chief Minister of Victor Emmanuel. |
 | | On June 2, 1946, a referendum on the monarchy resulted in the establishment of the Italian republic, which led to the adoption of a new constitution on January 1, 1948. |
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