Southern Italy

Italy is a country in southern Europe. It is located in the Mediterranean region. Italy is a peninsula that has the Tyrrhenlan Sea to its west, the Adriatic Sea to its east, and the Lonian Sea to its southeast. Austria and Switzerland border Italy to the north. France borders Italy to the northwest. The Capital of Italy is Rome, also the largest city. The official language of Italy is Italian. About 98% of the people in Italy are Roman Catholic. The pope lives in Rome. Italy is 116,320 sq. miles. In 1994 the population estimate was about 57,107,000 (491 per sq. mile). Italy's official name is Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic). The National Anthem is "Fratelli d'Italia" ("Brothers of Italy"). Central and southern Italy have hot summers…

American flag, which symbolizes freedom and protection, which is exactly what these immigrants wanted and needed. An example of a popular immigrant group that came to the United States were the Italians. Immigration from Italy to the United States included all of Southern Italy from Abruzzi and Calabria all the way to Sicily. Italy at the time it was once…

Sicily and Naples had their fair share of the 17 ͭ ͪ century crisis, too. However, we should point out that the southern Italy had some unique features in this context. They were mainly stemmed from the geopolitical background of the region. Therefore, the socio-economic balances inextricably intertwine with the political conditions of the southern Italy. As it is well known, when Charles V inherited the Crown of Aragon from his maternal grandparents, he possessed not only the Kingdom of Sardinia…

which to ply their trades. The vast majority [of this new generation of immigrants] were farmers and laborers looking for a steady source of work—any work.” 2 The 1900’s brought about great change in Italy the likes of which include the Italian unification movement also known as “The Risorgimento”. 3 . With the spirit of the new nation at their backs, Italian leaders aspired towards being a modern European power,…

In 1861 different kingdoms ruled Italy until Garibaldi join army and unified the country into one; hoping the tyranny will be banish. Garibaldi thought that this achievement would join the southern and northern of Italy, and finally achieve freedom for the south of Italy. However, the northern of Italy saw the southern Italy peasants as “dirt” and will not care for them. In fact, the rulers of northern Italy decided to tax everything. Consequentially the southern people of Italy started suffer…

establishment of The Kingdom of Italy on March 4th 1861 is called ‘’the Risorgimento’’. ‘’The Risorgimento was an ideological and literary movement that helped to arouse the national consciousness of the Italian people, and it led to a series of political events that freed the Italian states from foreign domination and united them politically.’’ (Risorgimento | Italian history | Britannica.com. 2015) The Risorgimento had two main stages; the first – idealistic, revolutionary approach in which…

that exist solely for the purpose of living; Italy is one of these countries. Although small in size, Italy offers an abundance of culture and historical sites to see With the Alps on the northern part of the country, it separates Italy from the rest of the European mainland. With history dating as far back as the militaristic Roman Empire, the influence of its rich culture can be found throughout Europe. Some examples of this influence include popular Italian cuisine and the strong presence of…

Italians from Southern Italy emigrated to America because they faced poverty and starvation under rule from the Spanish monarchy. Almost ninety percent of Italian immigrants were from Southern Italy (Maggio, 2015). Eventually, the Spanish Monarch lost control of Southern Italy but Northern Italy took over control. Unfortunately, Northern control did not result in a better outcome for Southern Italians. They were still left in poverty because practically everything was taxed by Northern Italy.…

Jacob Hosp Mrs. Kahler InRoads 9 23 April 2018 Italian Unification The Italian Unification was a time during the 1800’s when Italy was not one. During this time Italy was a mixture of many different states who were being ruled by the Austrian Empire. Throughout many years the people living there began to not like how it was ran and some needed to begin to take the risk and step up so that the rest of the people could have the nationalism that they were striving to have. Many battles broke out…

Italy, in early 19th century, was divided in to several different parts. Each of them had distinct identities such as culture, political system, dialect, etc. This meant that the sense of localism, which is kind of nationalism towards one's particular region/area, was strong among citizens in those city states. However, Austria-Hungary had all the control on Italian peninsula, which limited the revolts for unification by Italian. As a result, Risorgimento started to develop. Risorgimento means…