Battle of Castelfidardo (1860)

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The Battle of Castelfidardo (1860) was a decisive clash in which Piedmontese forces defeated the Papal army, paving the way for the annexation of the Papal Marches and advancing the cause of Italian unification.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Castelfidardo ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
combatantStrength Piedmontese forces numerically superior to Papal forces ⓘ
commander Christoph von Lamoricière ⓘ
Enrico Cialdini ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments in Castelfidardo ⓘ
conflict Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
consequence advance of Italian unification ⓘ
annexation of the Papal Marches by the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
collapse of Papal military resistance in the Marches ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
date 18 September 1860 ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Ancona (1860) ⓘ
historicalEra Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
involved Papal Zouaves ⓘ
Sardinian infantry ⓘ
location Marche ⓘ
linked to: Marche region

Papal States ⓘ
near Castelfidardo ⓘ
opponentOf Papal temporal power ⓘ
outcome Papal army routed ⓘ
Papal prisoners captured ⓘ
PapalForcesComposition foreign officers ⓘ
international volunteers ⓘ
partOf Italian unification ⓘ
campaign for the conquest of the Papal Marches and Umbria ⓘ
PiedmonteseForcesComposition regular army of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
politicalEffect expansion of Sardinian control in central Italy ⓘ
facilitated proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 ⓘ
precededBy Piedmontese invasion of the Papal States (1860) ⓘ
relatedTo Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Risorgimento ⓘ
result Piedmontese victory ⓘ
defeat of Papal army ⓘ
significance decisive battle in the unification of Italy ⓘ
weakened temporal power of the Pope ⓘ
strategicObjective prevent Papal forces from linking with Bourbon troops ⓘ
secure the Papal Marches for the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
theatre central Italy ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
year 1860 ⓘ

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Italian Wars of Independence → significantEvent → Battle of Castelfidardo (1860) ⓘ