DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
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DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
OVER THE YEARS I SEE VARYING DEFINITIONS OF WHATS CONSIDERED NORTHERN ITALY,CENTRAL ITALY,AND SOUTHERN ITALY. GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING I WOULD CONSIDER ANY REGION ABOVE LAZIO AS NORTHERN ITALY INCLUDING TUSCANY UMBRIA AND THE MARCHES ALTHOUGH I SEE THESE THREE LUMPED IN WITH CENTRAL ITALY. THE NORTH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE LOMBARDY,VENETO,LIGURIA,PIEMONTE.TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE. CENTRAL ITALY WOULD BE LAZIO AND ABRUZZI MOLISE WHICH ARE DEAD CENTER ALTHOUGH ABRUZZI IS OFTEN LUMPED IN WITH THE SOUTH. INCLUDE SARDINIA AS WELL. SOUTHERN ITALY WOULD BE CAMPANIA,APULIA,BASILICATA,CALABRIA,AND SICILY.
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Re: DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
Based on my vital record searches & ethnicity results for genealogy websites, Southern Italy ranges from Lazio/Abruzzo & southward. Anything north of that is considered Northern Italy. There is no "central" (at least not officially that I know of). While there is some overlap between the two, these are the boundaries most commonly agreed upon. I really don't know if there is a concrete answer. Sardinia is usually separated from mainland Italy (and even Sicily) because it has its own genealogical component uncommon to the mainland...
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Re: DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
THERE IS NO HARD LINE SPLIT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. THIS IS WHY LAZIO AND ABRUZZO ARE THE REGIONS THAT BLEND THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THE NORTH ENDS HERE AND THE SOUTH BEGINS HERE. BUT A GRADUAL BLENDING. HENCE CENTRAL ITALY. SARDINIA HISTORICALLY HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH THE NORTH AND CENTRAL PARTS DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO CORSICA AND LAZIO AS WELL AS ITS CULTURAL AND POLITICAL TIES. TOTALLY UNLIKE SOUTHERN ITALY WITH WHICH IT HAS NO TIES.
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Re: DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
Central Italy is composed by Toscana, Lazio, Umbria, Molise and Abruzzo.
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This article exposes how the Italy is divided into subregions according to various criteria
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppi_di ... 20Sardegna.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppi_di ... 20Sardegna.
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Re: DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
I WOULD STILL SEE TUSCANY AS MORE NORTHERN AS ITS HISTORY AND CULTURE ARE MORE IN LINE WITH THE NORTH. ITS WHERE ITALIAN WAS STANDARDIZED AND WHERE ARTS AND CULTURE WERE MOST REALIZED. BY CONTRAST THE SOUTH FROM LAZIO AND ABRUZZI DOWN TO CALABRIA AND SICILY WERE CULTURAL BACKWATERS OVERSEEN BY FOREIGN POWERS FOR CENTURIES.
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Re: DEFINING NORTHERN,CENTRAL,AND SOUTHERN ITALY
I WOULD STILL SEE TUSCANY AS MORE NORTHERN AS ITS HISTORY AND CULTURE ARE MORE IN LINE WITH THE NORTH. ITS WHERE ITALIAN WAS STANDARDIZED AND WHERE ARTS AND CULTURE WERE MOST REALIZED. BY CONTRAST THE SOUTH FROM LAZIO AND ABBRUZZI DOWN TO CALABRIA AND SICILY WERE CULTURAL BACKWATERS OVERSEEN BY FOREIGN POWERS AND ABSENTEE LANDLORDS FOR CENTURIES. STIFLED POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY UNLIKE THE NORTH. THE CENTRAL REGIONS LIKE LAZIO AND ABBRUZZI WERE LIKE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.