Italian United Provinces

Italian United Provinces Province Unite Italiane
1831
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Bologna[1]
Common languages	Italian
Government	Parliamentary republic[2]
Legislature	Provisional Assembly
History
• Established	5 February 1831
• Disestablished	26 April[3] 1831
Currency	Roman scudo Parman lira Modenese Thaler
Preceded by Succeeded by Papal States Duchy of Parma Duchy of Modena Papal States Duchy of Parma Duchy of Modena

United Italian Provinces or Italian United Provinces (Italian: Provincie Unite Italiane,^[2] in modern Italian: Province Unite Italiane) was a short-lived state (a Republic) that was established in 1831 in some territories of the Papal States (Romagna, Marche and Umbria) and in the Duchies of Parma and Modena.

It existed from 5 February (following the popular uprising in Bologna, 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]

• Giovanni Vicini, President
• Leopoldo Armaroli, Minister of Justice
• Terenzio Mamiani della Rovere, Minister of the Interior
• Lodovico Sturiani, Minister of Finance
• Cesare Bianchetti, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• General Pier Damiano Armandi, Minister of War and Navy
• Pio Sarti, Minister of Police
• Francesco Orioli, Minister of Public Education

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]

• Flag and history of the Italian United Provinces
• Biography of Giovanni Vicini, President of the Italian United Provinces