History of Italy

The birth of Italy as been would go back to the fall of the famous Roman Empire, with the proclamation of Odoacro, like the king of the same one, its history is found intimately related to development of the companies of the Mediterranean zone, influencing the culture, having its origins in the prehistory, by the quantity of archaeological discoveries carried out in the its regions.

After its formation as been the development of the art and the philosophy begins to be gestated with it was medieval, arriving at its maximum expression in the “Renaissance”, leaving a bequest for the humanity to the present time and its influences that reach to everyone.

Italy was found divided into states or Republics (14th century-XVI), having their axis in Rome, being defined for example the Papal States to the north, as well as the Kingdom from Naples to the south, representing an axis of fundamental importance for every Europe, all the powers of the same one, they had or they sought to have interests in their different states, carrying it to cross for different wars in the course of their history since the To the XVIII.

But further on also it lived in conflicts that carried it to their unification in 1861, to bias a bud of nationalism, forming the Kingdom of Italy, with the fusion of the states of the peninsula and the Two Sicilies, with the intervention of Víctor Manuel II, (king of Sardinia).

But him it is attributed the unification to the minister in leader of the King, the Count Camillo Benso I gave Cavour, but said unification was not completed finally until September 20, 1870, when Rome unites finally, since to that moment was found in being able of the Pope, transforming into the capital of the Kingdom, containing to an independent enclave, “The Vatican”one, to which added with the “ Marine”.

In the first World War during the dictatorship of Mussolini, was allied with the Germany Nazi and Japan, what finished unfavorablly for the country, in World War Two.

Its system of government was established in 1946, I am transformed into Republican, leaving behind to the monarchy, generating thus a new constitution January 1, 1948, forming part of the European Union in character of member founder, along with six countries more, in 1957 through the tried Rome.