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Camillo Cavour

Camillo Cavour
Sardinian Prime Minister Camillo Benso Cavour became the chief architect of Italian unification under Sardinian King Victor Emmanuel II. With Cavour’s help, Victor Emmanuel was made king of Italy in 1861 and Italy was officially unified in 1870.
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Italian Unification; Italy; Cavour, Camillo Benso, Conte di
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