Italian United Provinces

United Italian Provinces or Italian United Provinces (Italian: Provincie Unite Italiane, in modern Italian: Province Unite Italiane) was a short-lived state (a Republic) that was established in 1831 in some territories of the Papal States (Romagna, Marche and Umbria) and in the Duchies of Parma and Modena.

Italian United Provinces
Province Unite Italiane
1831
Flag
Coat of arms
CapitalBologna
Common languagesItalian
GovernmentParliamentary republic
LegislatureProvisional Assembly
History 
 Established
5 February 1831
 Disestablished
26 April 1831
CurrencyRoman scudo
Parman lira
Modenese Thaler
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Papal States
Duchy of Parma
Duchy of Modena
Papal States
Duchy of Parma
Duchy of Modena

It existed from 5 February (following the popular uprising in Bologna, when the temporal power of the Pope and the Emilian Dukes were declared to be revoked) until 26 April, the day the city of Ancona was taken by the Austrian troops.

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