#560 | What Makes An Italian?

In 1881, a 30-second gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona made Wyatt Earp a legend of the Wild West. Earp was a gambler, a lawman, a fugitive, and later a showman who told his own legend for cash. So who fired first at the OK Corral, and how did Hollywood turn a frontier opportunist in ...  Show more

In 1975, a French mercenary landed in the Comoros, a chain of small islands off East Africa, and decided he was going to run the place. Bob Denard staged four coups, converted to Islam, built a farm, and controlled the country from the shadows for over a decade. It was a story of ...  Show more

Ho chiesto ad amici e colleghi che cosa significhi per loro essere italiani. Mi hanno risposto con interventi intelligenti, che parlano di storia, italianità, campanilismo e passaparola. Newsletter: https://onlineitalianclasses.com/learn-italian-for-free-with-our-newsletters/Tran ...  Show more

Discussing the underlying thread of decisions you can make in order to learn Italian. 

This discussion delves into the intricacies of acquiring Italian citizenship through 1948 cases with a spotlight on scenarios involving ancestors who naturalized in foreign countries while their descendants were minors. The conversation touches upon the Italian legal framework an ...  Show more

In Italian, the terms “città”, “paese”, and “villaggio” each refer to settlements of varying sizes and characteristics, from large, urban “città” to rural “villaggio”.

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