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Regions of Italy
: History
“Italy is done, now we have to do the Italians”. The sentence, attributed to Massimo D’Azeglio, realistically depicts the condition as it was the day after the political union. Figures such as Cavour , Garibaldi, Mazzini and Vittorio Emanuele II gave their contribution to the memorable achievement. Yet we are still far from a true nation which may identify itself under a mutual history. In fact, Italy included heterogeneous ethnic groups with much different mindsets, traditions and dialects, yet very few common habits. Some attempts were in vain carried out, in order [Read more...]
“Italy is done, now we have to do the Italians”. The sentence, attributed to Massimo D’Azeglio, realistically depicts the condition as it was the day after the political union. Figures such as Cavour , Garibaldi, Mazzini and Vittorio Emanuele II gave their contribution to the memorable achievement. Yet we are still far from a true nation which may identify itself under a mutual history. In fact, Italy included heterogeneous ethnic groups with much different mindsets, traditions and dialects, yet very few common habits. Some attempts were in vain carried out, in order to find unifying events and figures, such as the Duel of Barletta, the heroic act of Pietro Micca, the uprising in Genoa of Balilla or the triumph of the Lombard League over Barbarossa. We are dealing with local events, which confirm the political fragmentation of the Peninsula, if anything. The true unifying factor is solely the House of Savoy.
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