The Expedition Self_motion of the Thousand ( Italian `` Spedizione dei Mille '' ) was an event of the Italian Risorgimento that took place Process_start in 1860 .

Italian unification ( ) , also known as the Risorgimento ( , ; meaning `` the Resurgence '' ) , was the political and social movement that consolidated Cause_change_of_strength different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century .

This view is followed , for example , at the Central Museum of Risorgimento at the Vittoriano .