1859 conflict, part of the Italian unification (Risorgimento)

Austrian soldiers in Italy carousing in an inn with a monk. Photograph by J. Albert after H.J. Stanley, 1860.

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Italy - History - War of 1859

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Austrian soldiers in Italy carousing in an inn with a monk. Photograph by J. Albert after H.J. Stanley, 1860.