Papal Legations
| Papal Legations Legazioni Pontificie | ||||||
| Subdivision of the Papal States | ||||||
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| Capital | Bologna 44°30.45′N 11°21.08′E / 44.50750°N 11.35133°ECoordinates: 44°30.45′N 11°21.08′E / 44.50750°N 11.35133°E | |||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | |||||
| - | Congregazione del Buon Governo (it) |
15 August 1592 | ||||
| - | Acquisition of Ferrara on extinction of legitimate Este line |
27 October 1597 | ||||
| - | Annexed to Sardinian client Central Italy |
8 December 1859 | ||||
| - | Central Italy annexed to Piedmont-Sardinia |
March 1860 | ||||
| Today part of |  Italy | |||||
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The term Papal Legation, in a territorial sense, refers to certain northern administrative regions of the erstwhile Papal States: specifically the "Legations" of Ferrara, Bologna, and Romagna. In 1860, after a referendum which followed the Second Italian War of Independence, the Papal Legations became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
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