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What if Italy was divided between a monarchy under the House of Savoy in the north and a Republic in the south with the Papal State in between.

Could this be done or is the Papal state doomed to be destroyed like in the OTL (around 1860)
 
I would have rather the other way around: a republic in the north (coming out of a more successful 1848 revolution, that ultimately will devour the Savoys too) and a kingdom in the south: the papal states will be reduced to Latium and no more than that.
Another possible idea might be to have still a republic in the north and a kingdom in the south, but create a new kingdom in the center (a greater kingdom of Etruria) under the grand-dukes of Tuscany (who are of the Habsburg-Lothringen house)
 
What if Italy was divided between a monarchy under the House of Savoy in the north and a Republic in the south with the Papal State in between.

Could this be done or is the Papal state doomed to be destroyed like in the OTL (around 1860)
You could have a shot at this if you have Garibaldi decide to set up a republic in Southern Italy during the Expedition of the Thousand, as he was encouraged to do by Sicilian politician Francesco Crispi. In OTL I think (not quite sure, to be honest) he had a secret agreement with Cavour to yield Southern Italy to the Savoys to unite the country, but if he reneges on the agreement (atypical of him, he was quite committed to the unitarian ideal) or if he doesn't deal with Cavour at all (possible, he was not fond of the man), he might go for a Southern Republic.

Having said that, I am not quite sure whether a republican regime could have lasted long. Other powers could have intervened "to quell the rebels", first of all the Savoys, and in their case they could take advantage of the situation to conquer the South anyway. And even if Garibaldi's regime survived this, I reckon that the country could have fragmented, with Sicily going for complete independence, even from Naples.

Finally, as much as I admire the man, I am not quite sure that Garibaldi had in him the stuff to build a stable, peaceful and popular Republican regime. He was quite the anticlerical, among other things, and the Church (together with the most ardent Catholics, of which there were many in the South) would be against him and his government. And what after he dies? Maybe his successors go for a proto-fascist authoritarian regime.
 
You could have a shot at this if you have Garibaldi decide to set up a republic in Southern Italy during the Expedition of the Thousand, as he was encouraged to do by Sicilian politician Francesco Crispi. In OTL I think (not quite sure, to be honest) he had a secret agreement with Cavour to yield Southern Italy to the Savoys to unite the country, but if he reneges on the agreement (atypical of him, he was quite committed to the unitarian ideal) or if he doesn't deal with Cavour at all (possible, he was not fond of the man), he might go for a Southern Republic.

Having said that, I am not quite sure whether a republican regime could have lasted long. Other powers could have intervened "to quell the rebels", first of all the Savoys, and in their case they could take advantage of the situation to conquer the South anyway. And even if Garibaldi's regime survived this, I reckon that the country could have fragmented, with Sicily going for complete independence, even from Naples.

Finally, as much as I admire the man, I am not quite sure that Garibaldi had in him the stuff to build a stable, peaceful and popular Republican regime. He was quite the anticlerical, among other things, and the Church (together with the most ardent Catholics, of which there were many in the South) would be against him and his government. And what after he dies? Maybe his successors go for a proto-fascist authoritarian regime.

A republic in the south of Italy (which will be most likely a liberal and anti-clerone) will most likely go the way of the Neapolitan republic of the end of 18th century :(

I do agree that Garibaldi does not have the qualities to become a statesman and ensure stability
 
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