1000 Lit - Rome Capital City - Italy - 1970 - Silver UNC

1000 Lire silver coin dedicated to the 100 Years of Rome Capital City, UNC.

On 20 September 1870 the famous episode of the breach of Porta Pia occurred in which the bersaglieri managed to enter Rome and conquer it. In a referendum it was united with the Kingdom of Italy.
On 3 February 1871, Rome was designated the capital of the Kingdom of Italy by its citizens. The city, as a result of this change of status, undergoes important urban, architectural and functional changes. From the papal capital, a large village in which the ancient vestiges of past greatness stood out, the Rome Capital of Italy began to become a great European and modern city, an expression of the unity of the country