Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) was the largest of the states of the region known as Italy before the so-called Italian unification (there was no state called Italy at the time). It was formed as a union of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, which collectively had long been called the "Two Sicilies" (Utraque Sicilia, literally "both Sicilies"). The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies lasted from 1816 until 1860, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia, which eventually became the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The capital of The Two Sicilies was in Naples and was commonly referred to in English as the "Kingdom of Naples". The kingdom extended over the Mezzogiorno (the southern part of mainland Italy) and the island of Sicily. Lancaster notes that the integration of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies into the Kingdom of Italy changed the status of Naples forever: "Abject poverty meant that, throughout Naples and Southern Italy, thousands decided to leave in search of a better future." Many went to the United States. The kingdom was heavily agricultural, like the other Italian states; the church owned 50–65% of the land by 1750.. }
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- Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies abstract "The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Regno delle Due Sicilie) was the largest of the states of the region known as Italy before the so-called Italian unification (there was no state called Italy at the time). It was formed as a union of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples, which collectively had long been called the "Two Sicilies" (Utraque Sicilia, literally "both Sicilies"). The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies lasted from 1816 until 1860, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia, which eventually became the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. The capital of The Two Sicilies was in Naples and was commonly referred to in English as the "Kingdom of Naples". The kingdom extended over the Mezzogiorno (the southern part of mainland Italy) and the island of Sicily. Lancaster notes that the integration of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies into the Kingdom of Italy changed the status of Naples forever: "Abject poverty meant that, throughout Naples and Southern Italy, thousands decided to leave in search of a better future." Many went to the United States. The kingdom was heavily agricultural, like the other Italian states; the church owned 50–65% of the land by 1750.".