As a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians.
Hi! I was just wondering if there was any Visual or Photography imagery of Sicily, specifically Mezzojuso, during the 19th century. Any resources? Books? Paintings specific to Mezzojuso? Early photographs or daguerrotypes?
Let me know if there is a place or resource to find these?
An Italian novel for kids called "La Freccia Azzurra" (The Blue Arrow) says that all the children in the world wait for Christmas Eve to get presents from Santa Clause, but Italian kids are the luckiest in the world because they get presents again on the 6th of January by the Befana. Who is the Befa...
