Italian United Provinces
Province Unite Italiane
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| Capital | Bologna[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Italian | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Provisional Assembly | ||||||||||||||||
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• Established | 5 February 1831 | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 26 April[3] 1831 | ||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Roman scudo Parman lira Modenese Thaler | ||||||||||||||||
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United Italian ProvincesorItalian United Provinces (Italian: Provincie Unite Italiane,[2] in modern Italian: Province Unite Italiane) was a short-lived state (aRepublic) that was established in 1831 in some territories of the Papal States (Romagna, Marche and Umbria) and in the DuchiesofParma and Modena.
It existed from 5 February (following the popular uprisinginBologna, 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.
The Constitution of the Italian United Provinces was adopted on March 4 by a national Assembly.[2] The executive power was vested in:[2]
The revolutionary government of the Italian United Provinces fell on 26 April 1831. It was brought down by Austrian troops sent to the aid of the Pope and the Emilian Dukes.[3]
Province Unite Italiane 1831.
