Is "Italian ethnicity" a real thing?

[Bobby Martnen]

I've seen the DNA, and Northern and Southern Italians are closer to Dutchmen and Cypriots respectively than too each other. Political unification is also relatively recent.

[Papastratosels26]

I think yes.

[Carlito's Way]

northern italians are the real italians

[Tauromachos]

For some people Sicilian in particular isn't an ethnicity but a full time job

[Papastratosels26]

For some people Sicilian in particular isn't an ethnicity but a full time job

Sicily is another nation .

[Tauromachos]

Sicily is another nation .

Hahaha

[gıulıoımpa]

Broadly...culture is more important.

Most cannot comprehend the concept of Nation; regional identity for those is the bigger they can go.



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[Tauromachos]

Broadly...culture is more important.

Most cannot comprehend the concept of Nation; regional identity for those is the bigger they can go.

Pizza started somewhere in the South probably Napoli but made its way throughout all of Italy

All Italians like football

[Bosniensis]

The only thing that keeps Italy from breaking into 12949 parts is a strong Catholic institution in Vatican.

They are mix of Hellens and Germans.

[renaissance12]

Sicily is another nation .

Don't forget Naples....They are unique...

Italy = Campanilismo...

The word campanilismo, which doesn’t have a specific English translation, derives from campanile (bell tower).

Campanilismo is a very important aspect of life in Italy symbolizing a sense of identity, of pride, and of belonging to the place of your birth, a feeling which is usually much stronger to an Italian than any sense of national identity. An Italian will say “sono romagnolo” (I’m from the region of Romagna), “sono veneziana”(I’m from Venice), or “sono napoletano” (I’m from Naples), before saying “sono italiano/a” (I’m Italian).

In order to explain campanilismo you have to remember that Italy is a very young nation having been created between 1860 and 1870. Before that time there existed only a multitude of small separate states, often fighting amongst themselves, each one with it’s own language, dialect or traditions. These days, despite Italy’s political unification and the effects of mass media which has to a certain extent homogenized Italian life, campanilismo continues to exist. There are still deeply rooted rivalries between different regions, provinces, towns, and quartieri, and one only has to witness the famous Palio di Siena, an intense ‘battle’ of a horse race between the different contrade (district factions) of Siena to understand the depth of feeling evoked by campanilismo, these sentiments are so strong in fact that it is almost considered a sacrilege in Siena to marry someone from one of the rival contrade.


During the first world war.... there were translator in the Italian army.. because people from Friuli/Veneto/Lombardia were not able to understand people from Sicily/Calabria/Sardinia and viceversa..