culture that my ancestors have known for generations. Being able to see Italy is a goal of mine that is strongly driven by my passion to learn about the culture and language of my family’s home country. Taking Italian classes in both language and culture is something that I take great pride in‚ because I know I am beginning to understand the culture that surrounds the extraordinary country of Italy. Being able to submerge myself in Italy would drive my passion even further because I would be able to see
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Mussolini in Power Treatment of Religious groups in Italy Religion was a vital part of Italian society in the earlier 20th Century‚ Mussolini himself said that the Pope “represented 400 million people scattered (throughout) the world”. This meant that the pope and religion posed a massive influence on Mussolini’s rule and exercised a lot of power on all classes. Mussolini himself was atheist like his father and believed that science was made to prove religion wrong and that Jesus was a
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humiliation and the diminishing of the liberal government’s authority. This was signified by the marked political instability from 1919 to 1922‚ where 5 weak governments were elected in quick succession. The “mutilated victory” of Versailles‚ where Italy was given meagre quantities of land‚ was a cataclysmic blow to the popularity of liberalism and allowed for more radical parties such as the Fascists to enter the political spectrum. Threats to the government’s power came from both the far right and
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There is a consensus that the Renaissance began in Florence‚ Italy‚ in the 14th century.[4] Various theories have been proposed to account for its origins and characteristics‚ focusing on a variety of factors including the social and civic peculiarities of Florence at the time; its political structure; the patronage of its dominant family‚ the Medici;[5][6] and the migration of Greek scholars and texts to Italy following the Fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.[7][8] Jacob Burckhardt
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people who worry about what people think of them. ` Italians are also very family oriented people. Their family is the center of their lives and they try to “make their family proud”. The women of Italy are very hard workers they are taught to work for their families and are home bodies. The men of Italy are very outspoken with their woman they compliment there women daily and show signs of affection on a regular basis.` American culture is similar to the Italian culture in many ways. Family is
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It took sixty-five years for Italy to be transformed from a series of separate states ruled by restored monarchies after the Napoleonic invasion into a unified Kingdom of Italy under Piedmont with Rome as its capital. It took so long because there were many obstacles to the political unity of Italy. The influence of the Catholic Church was a very significant obstacle but it was one of many‚ such as the conservative rulers‚ the lack of popular support for unity and divisions amongst supporters
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After the Middle Ages‚ the Renaissance began in Italy. The Renaissance period started in Italy because this was the core of the former Roman empire and it was a convenient location for trade. Because of this‚ it was a time in which wealthy merchants would sponsor people to create art in different forms. The ideas of humanism‚ the belief in being secular‚ and the development of urban cities were main aspects of the Renaissance. These ideas were expressed through artwork‚ music‚ literature‚ and scientific
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taught that the Venetian merchant Marc Polo brought back pasta from his journeys in china. Another version told was that polo’s discovery was actually a rediscovery of a foodstuff that was once popular in Italy in Etruscan and roman times. Well Marco did bring many interesting things back to Italy from his journeys but pasta wasn’t one of them. Pasta was already there in Polo’s time‚ there is some evidence of an Etrusco-Roman noodle made from the same durum wheat as modern pasta called “lagane”. However
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Activities .. 2 IV. Strength and Area of Operation 3 V. Conclusion 3 VI. Bibliography .4 Introduction During the 1970 ’s and 1980 ’s‚ great fear had been spread throughout Italy. A group known as the Brigate Rosse‚ or Red Brigade‚ had developed and left its mark on the Italian political scene. Fear was commonplace as bomb plots‚ kneecappings‚ and assassinations became the norm. As we go through this paper‚ the fascinating
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sink” realism movement was influenced and instigated by the post-war Italian Neo-realist films of the late forties and early fifties especially Bicycle Theives (De Sica‚ 1948‚ Italy). They are both great examples of social realism at its best and have shaped and influenced many
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