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With their French allies, Piedmont defeated Austria at Magenta and Solferino to secure Lombardy in 1859.
The pragmatic dukes of Piedmont liked French-style absolutist monarchy but tempered it with a parliament to bypass local fiefdoms.
He opposed Piedmontese patricians and intellectuals of the Moderates party, seeking reform through a privilege-conscious confederation of Italian princes blessed by the papacy — with Piedmont providing the military muscle.
But the hesitant Carlo Alberto of Piedmont gave the Austrians time to recover and Italian gains toppled like dominoes.
The classical palaces and squares of Turin, Piedmont’s royal capital, are in many ways closer in spirit to France than the rest of Italy.