00:00The Third Italian War of Independence, 1866, was a step in the process of unifying Italy undertaken since
00:061848.
00:08This war, the last to complete unification, if we exclude the First World War sometimes considered by the
00:14Italian historians refer to it as the fourth war of independence,
00:16aims to reunite Venetia, still under Austrian rule, with the Kingdom of Italy proclaimed in 1861, as well as the region
00:23around Rome, still under the sovereignty of the Pope.
00:26Their absence did not satisfy the Italian liberals, who did not share the Italian government's attachment to
00:31not to complicate relations with other European powers.
