. Mediæval and modern history . landson the north and at the headof the Adriatic. 628. Venetia added to theKingdom (isee). The SevenWeeks War (sect. 642), whichbroke out between Prussia andAustria in 1866, afforded theItalian patriots the opportu-nity for which they were watch-ing to make Venetia a part ofthe Italian kingdom. VictorEmmanuel formed an alliancewith the King of Prussia, one of the conditions of which wasthat no peace should be made with Austria until she had sur-rendered Venetia to Italy. The speedy issue of the war addedthe coveted territory to the dominions of Victor Emmanuel.
. Mediæval and modern history . landson the north and at the headof the Adriatic. 628. Venetia added to theKingdom (isee). The SevenWeeks War (sect. 642), whichbroke out between Prussia andAustria in 1866, afforded theItalian patriots the opportu-nity for which they were watch-ing to make Venetia a part ofthe Italian kingdom. VictorEmmanuel formed an alliancewith the King of Prussia, one of the conditions of which wasthat no peace should be made with Austria until she had sur-rendered Venetia to Italy. The speedy issue of the war addedthe coveted territory to the dominions of Victor Emmanuel. 629. Rome becomes the Capital (i87o). After the liberationof Naples and Sicily the city of Turin, the old capital of the Sar-dinian kingdom, was made the capital of the new kingdom ofItaly. In 1865 the seat of government was transferred to Flor-ence. But the Italians looked forward to the time when ^Rome,the ancient mistress of the peninsula and of the world, should betheir capital. The power of the Pope, however, was upheld by. Fig. 102. Garibaldi. (From anengraving) § 630] END OF TEMPORAL POWER OF PAPACY 549 the French, who maintained a garrison in the Papal States from1849 to 1870, and this made it impossible for the Italians tohave their will in this matter without a conflict with France. But events soon gave the coveted capital to the Italian govern-ment. In 1870 came the sharp, quick war between France andPrussia, and the French troops at Rome were hastily summonedhome. Upon the overthrow of the French Empire and theestablishment of the republic, Victor Emmanuel was informedthat France would no longer sustain the papal power. The Italiangovernment at once gave notice to the Pope that Rome wouldhenceforth be considered a portion of the kingdom of Italy, andforthwith an Italian army entered the city, which by a vote ofalmost a hundred to one resolved to cast in its lot with that ofthe Italian nation. July 2, 1871, Victor Emmanuel himself en-tered Rome and took up his offi
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