Venetia still occupied and dominated by Austrian forces and Rome still occupied by French troops. Then suddenly in 1861 Cavour died taking his political genius with him. Piedmont – Sardinia could never replace him afterwards. He had been a genius and his contribution to unification vitally important. The final stages of unification were small events. Garibaldi attempted several more times to take Rome but never succeeded to the relief of Victor Emmanuel II who knew that attempting to take Rome would lead to a war with France who would not let it go unnoticed. In 1866 Austria was swallowed up and defeated by Prussia in a vicious war the new unified state of Italy took no part in. This left Venetia in the hands of the new Italian state, only Rome remained. Then in 1870 Prussia defeated France and Rome fell to Italian hands, unifying
Venetia still occupied and dominated by Austrian forces and Rome still occupied by French troops. Then suddenly in 1861 Cavour died taking his political genius with him. Piedmont – Sardinia could never replace him afterwards. He had been a genius and his contribution to unification vitally important. The final stages of unification were small events. Garibaldi attempted several more times to take Rome but never succeeded to the relief of Victor Emmanuel II who knew that attempting to take Rome would lead to a war with France who would not let it go unnoticed. In 1866 Austria was swallowed up and defeated by Prussia in a vicious war the new unified state of Italy took no part in. This left Venetia in the hands of the new Italian state, only Rome remained. Then in 1870 Prussia defeated France and Rome fell to Italian hands, unifying