Ri·sor·gi·men·to 
(rĭ-sôr′jə-mĕntō, rē-zôrjē-)
(rĭ-sôr′jə-mĕntō, rē-zôrjē-)n.
The period of or the movement for the liberation and political unification of Italy, beginning about 1750 and lasting until 1870.
[Italian, from risorgere, to rise again, from Latin resurgere; see RESURGE.]