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The character is believed to have originated as Gironi da Crina (in Ligurian) or Geralmo della Scrofa (in Italian), c. 1630 in Genoa.In the early 19th century, a puppeteer by the name of Giovanni Battista Sales got into trouble with the authorities who did not appreciate his sarcastic humor or the fact that the character had the same first name as a brother of Napoleon, who had invaded the region.
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Italian people" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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Cultural depictions of Italian people (61 C, 103 P) D. Italian diaspora (17 C, 8 P) Italian people with disabilities (5 C, 11 P) ... Images of Italian people (2 C, 3 ...
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 ...
Pantalone originated as part of a master/servant duo and was the original Il Magnifico stock character. [3] [4] Carlo Goldoni, in his memoirs, named Pantalone as one of the four primary commedia dell'arte characters. [5]
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. [245] Italian evolved from a dialect spoken in Tuscany, which is the birthplace of writers such as Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarch.
The extent to which an archeological culture is representative of a particular cohesive ancient group of people is open for debate; many of these cultures may be the product of a single ancient Italian tribe or civilization (e.g. Latial culture), while others may have been spread among different groups of ancient Italian peoples and even ...