Italian campaign battle. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 215 m Area 32 km² Population  - Total (as of 2004-12-31) 17,947  - Density 562/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Fidardensi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60022 Frazioni Acquaviva, Campanari, Cerretano, Crocette, Figuretta, Fornaci, SantAgostino, San... // The Marche (plural, originally le marche de Ancona = the Marches of Ancona) are a region of Central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna north, Tuscany to the north-west, Umbria to west, Abruzzo and Latium to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ... Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Pope John Paul II has reigned since 22 Oct 1978. ...

On 18 September 1860, at Castelfidardo, a small town in the Marche region of Italy, the Piedmont army acting as the driving force in the war for Italian unification won a famous battle against papal troops. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 215 m Area 32 km² Population  - Total (as of 2004-12-31) 17,947  - Density 562/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Fidardensi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60022 Frazioni Acquaviva, Campanari, Cerretano, Crocette, Figuretta, Fornaci, SantAgostino, San... // The Marche (plural, originally le marche de Ancona = the Marches of Ancona) are a region of Central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna north, Tuscany to the north-west, Umbria to west, Abruzzo and Latium to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ... Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Italian unification process. ... Pope John Paul II has reigned since 22 Oct 1978. ...

As a result of this battle, the extent of the papal states was reduced to the area of what is today known as Lazio. Map of the Papal States. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...

The battle is remembered for being bloody, and for the highly disparate numbers of troops - less than 10,000 papal soldiers to 60,000 Piedmonts. The papal army was comprised of volunteers from many different European countries, amongst whom the French and Belgian nationals constituted a Franco-Belgian battalion. Among the French volunteers were a notable number of nobles from western France: after the battle, whilst consulting the list of dead and wounded members of the papal army, the Piedmont general Cialdini is reported to have said, in an example of rather black humour, "you would think this was a list of invites for a ball given by Louis XIV!" Pope John Paul II has reigned since 22 Oct 1978. ... This article is about the continent. ... Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with serious subjects – death, divorce, drug abuse, et cetera in a humorous manner. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ...

The Franco-Belgian battalion gave rise to a papal Zouave corps. A zouave from 1888. ...

References

This article draws heavily on the fr:Bataille de Castelfidardo article in the French-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of November 19, 2006.