Editing Mantua (section)

===Unification of Italy===
{{See also|Plebiscite of Veneto of 1866}}
At the [[Battle of Solferino]] ([[Second Italian War of Independence]]) in 1859, the [[House of Savoy]]'s Piedmont-Sardinia sided with the French Emperor [[Napoleon III]] against the Austrian Empire. Following Austria's defeat, Lombardy was ceded to France, who transferred Lombardy to Piedmont-Sardinia in return for [[Nice]] and [[Savoy]].
[[File:Seconda inaugurazione del monumento a i martiri di belfiore.jpg|thumb|Mantua in 1887]]

Mantua, although a constituent province of Lombardy, still remained under the Austrian Empire along with Venetia. In 1866, Prussia-led [[North German Confederation]] sided with the newly established, Piedmont-led Kingdom of Italy against the Austrian Empire in the [[Third Italian War of Independence]]. The quick defeat of Austria led to its withdrawal of the Kingdom of Venetia (including the capital city, [[Venice]]). Mantua reconnected with the region of Lombardy and was [[Plebiscite of Veneto of 1866|incorporated]] into the [[Italian Unification|Kingdom of Italy]].