Following the Capture of Rome by the revolutionary army of the new Kingdom of Italy in 1870, the new Italian government confiscated the property and the building of the university, which became the Ennio Quirino Visconti Liceo Ginnasio, which forced the university to move. Now in the Palazzo Gabrielli-Borromeo, on Via del Seminario, it was permitted then by Pope Pius IX to use the title of "Pontifical University". With the difficult situation after Rome's takeover, the university was dramatically affected. The lack of space made the university drop all faculties except for theology and philosophy. The number of students had dropped dramatically as well and in 1875, there were no more than 250 students. However, the university was able to gradually rebuild itself.