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.
PippoM wrote: 01 May 2020, 10:51
Thank you, Angela. We are fine, but still locked, I can't say "in", but sure "here".
And how are you?
Great, I'm pleased that you're all fine. I'm fine too, and still in lockdown. I'm sure these days will make very interesting reading in the history books.
Italians have a long and deep-rooted tradition of beliefs about luck and things that give either good or bad luck. In Italy there are colloquial names for bad luck. Think of:"sfiga" or "jella" (read it as "yella), but the most scary thing for millions of Italians is "Il Malocchio", which translate ...
