WebSouthern Italy (Italian: Sud Italia or Italia meridionale) also known as Meridione or Mezzogiorno (Italian pronunciation: [ˌmɛddzoˈdʒorno]), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half.. Southern Italy covers the historical and cultural region that was once politically under the administration of the former Kingdoms of …

WebThe Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.The state resulted from a decades-long process, the Risorgimento, of …