"Map of Italy after Second Italian War of Independence in 1859" in Romanian: According to the Villafranca armistice, which put an end to the Second Italian War for Independence, the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia was divided in two parts: Austria ceded Lombardy to France, but retained its control over region Veneto and the city of Mantua. The Kingdom of Sardinia strongly demanded to gain control of Lombardy according to the previous Plombières Agreement.