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Legally, Italian nationals are citizens of Italy, regardless of ancestry or nation of residence (in effect, however, Italian nationality is largely based on jus sanguinis) and may be distinguished from ethnic Italians in general or from people of Italian descent without Italian citizenship and ethnic Italians living in territories adjacent to ...
One of the most important Italian architects of the 20th century. Giovanni Muzio (1893–1982), architect. He was the most influential member of the group of Italian architects associated with the Novecento Italiano. Marcello Piacentini (1881–1960), architect and urban theorist most closely associated with Italy's fascist government.
Cultural depictions of Italian people (61 C, 103 P) D. Italian diaspora (17 C, 8 P) Italian people with disabilities (5 C, 11 P) Italian duellists (10 P) E.
Italian(s) may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries Italians, an Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom; Italian language, a Romance language Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language
It is spoken by about 60 million people in Italy, 23,000 in the Republic of San Marino, 400,000 in Switzerland, another 1,3 million in other European countries, and approximately 6 million in the Americas. [244] Italian evolved from a dialect spoken in Tuscany, which is the birthplace of writers such as Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch.
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are shops selling Italian goods as well as Italian restaurants lining the streets.
When Italy unified in 1861, only 3% of the population spoke Italian, [100] even though an estimated 90% of Italians speak Italian as their L1 nowadays. [ 101 ] Italy is in fact one of the most linguistically diverse countries in Europe, [ 102 ] as there are not only varieties of Italian specific to each cultural region, but also distinct ...
At 0.013 per 1,000 people, Italy has the 47th highest murder rate, [182] compared to 61 countries, and the 43rd highest number of rapes per 1,000 people, compared to 64 countries in the world. These are relatively low figures among developed countries.