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The land of gelato and the Leaning Tower of Pisa’s monarchy has a relatively short history, with the House of Savoy ruling from 1861 to 1946 when the country was still known as the Kingdom of Italy.

It then goes forward all the way through the country’s final unification under the banner of the Kingdom of Italy (newly renamed from the Kingdom of Sardinia) in 1870.

At the Independent Neapolitan Nation’s headquarters in Naples, Italy, there is a statue of the siren Parthenope. The ancient Greek myth claims a king requested suitors fight for his daughter’s ...

Umberto II, Italy’s last reigning king, passed away in 1983 at age 78. Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, is shown with his wife, Marina Doria, and their son, Emanuele Filiberto, in Geneva ...

Italy has approved a law that tightens the rules for people with Italian heritage to get passports. Previously, anyone with an Italian ancestor who lived after 17 March, 1861 - when the Kingdom of ...

Italy’s former royal family has asked the country’s central bank to return the crown jewels, a lawyer for the family confirmed to CNN.

The heirs of the last king of Italy, King Umberto II, have made their first formal request to get the crown jewels back in their possession. Included in the House of Savoy's collection, believed ...

Italy’s former royal family has asked the country’s central bank to return the crown jewels, a lawyer for the family confirmed to CNN.