Photograph of the breach of Porta Pia on 20 September 1870 by Ludovico Tuminello

This photograph is one of the most famous images of the Risorgimento as it shows the crowning of a dream: the conquest of Rome, understood as the capital of the unitary state and the end of the temporal power of the Church. Generally, the best-known photograph is the one that shows a group of “Bersaglieri” above an embankment with rifle shouldered in front of Porta Pia. However, it was a skilled "fake" constructed through a staging made using real “Bersaglieri” when Rome had already been conquered. 

The real image is instead the one taken by patriot Ludovico Tuminello (1824-1907), who took up the camera as if it were a weapon in order to also make a patriotic use of photography, and who took a photo on September 20, 1870 that simply showed the breach opened on the walls near Porta Pia: a perfect example of photo reportage.