The following articles cover the modern history of Italy: *

Italian unification The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single ...

(1815-1861) *

History of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) This articles covers the history of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars. Italian unification (1738–1870) Modern Italy became a nation-state during the Risorgimento on March 17, 1861, when most of the states of the Italian Peninsula a ...

** Italian Fascism ** Italian Colonial Empire * History of the Italian Republic (1945 to present) **

Years of Lead (Italy) , partof = the Cold War , image = Stragedibologna-2.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = Aftermath of the bombing at the Bologna railway station in August 1980 which killed 85 people, the deadliest eve ...

(1969-1988) ** Berlusconi era (2001 to present)

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