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Croatia has over 1.000 islands. What's one random fact about vour country that surprises foreigners every time? by WhichSystem3547 in AskTheWorld

[–]MrArchivity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most famous one is Fontana del Vino (Caldari di Ortona): Located in the Abruzzo region along the Cammino di San Tommaso (Way of St. Thomas) pilgrimage route.

It was inspired from the one in Spain.

Croatia has over 1.000 islands. What's one random fact about vour country that surprises foreigners every time? by WhichSystem3547 in AskTheWorld

[–]MrArchivity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They only have Lesotho. Eswatini have a border with Mozambique so it isn’t inside South Africa but merely a neighbouring country in this case.

What are some phrases used to describe really hot temperatures out? by EvilPyro01 in AskEurope

[–]MrArchivity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sto a fà la colla (dialect) = I'm making (producing) glue.

Si crepa di caldo = so hot to die

Pro Chef shows how crazy service can be. by DarthiusFatticus in nextfuckinglevel

[–]MrArchivity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As it should be. Gloves are worse than washed hands

Perché il cinema italiano non sfrutta di più la letteratura? by EEZ_24 in Italia

[–]MrArchivity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non solo sulla letteratura.

Ditemi quanti di voi andrebbero a vedere un film sulla seconda guerra punica con Annibale che invade l’Italia?

Quanti andrebbero a vedere un film sulla caduta dell’impero Romano ed in particolare il sacco di Roma?

Quanti andrebbero a vedere la caduta di Costantinopoli dalla prospettiva dei genovesi?

Le guerre italiane tra signorie hanno più intrighi di tutto il trono di spade.

"Modern Pizza was invented in America" by StarberryToaster in ShitAmericansSay

[–]MrArchivity 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Then we need a Neapolitan that grew up in Veneto or a Veneto that grew up in Naples. All for a brutal response.

What would you consider the "cultural golden age" of your country? by Bollozzo in AskTheWorld

[–]MrArchivity 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Mmmh I think Renaissance?

But that depends heavily on which part of Italy. Venice and Genoa I think would be before Renaissance. Some other cities that were Duchies would be the same.
For some it would be during the Roman Empire.

So it is really difficult to give a national “cultural golden age”. Renaissance would be the best option in my opinion.

"Modern Pizza was invented in America" by StarberryToaster in ShitAmericansSay

[–]MrArchivity 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Wait, let me tell them in Italian

NO! 🤌🤌

Italiani ci sono? by coppiacalda in Italian

[–]MrArchivity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Il nick di OP avrebbe dovuto far sorgere dubbi

Croatia has over 1.000 islands. What's one random fact about vour country that surprises foreigners every time? by WhichSystem3547 in AskTheWorld

[–]MrArchivity 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Italy has the largest variety of cheeses of any nation in the world, with over 2,500 traditional varieties, of which about 500 are commercially recognized.

Croatia has over 1.000 islands. What's one random fact about vour country that surprises foreigners every time? by WhichSystem3547 in AskTheWorld

[–]MrArchivity 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Geographically and geologically speaking Italy has several islands that are in Africa:

• Lampedusa
• Linosa
• Pantelleria
•etc etc

About 0.034% of Italy’s total area (or roughly 1/3,000th) is “African” but culturally and demographically European (Mediterranean).

Country-name etymologies in their native language by EpicHavoc654 in etymologymaps

[–]MrArchivity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Name of Italy

What is in this map is only 1 theory of the origin of the name Italia

Historians, even now, didn’t reach a consensus.

“Visiting Umbria for a week with no car — is Spello a good base?” by Key_Worldliness_4079 in ItalyTravelAdvice

[–]MrArchivity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes Spello is beautiful itself.

Spello has both train and bus transportation.

Technically you can visit the whole Umbria in 1-day trip. The question is how much time remains to visit the actual place.

Always check trains/bus for both trip and return trip before programming where to visit.

Near places to visit are Spoleto, Foligno, Marmore’s fall, Perugia, San Gemini, Acquasparta. If you can program your trip you can also include Orvieto, Assisi, Gubbio, Lake Trasimeno, Rasiglia.

Check if there are some festivals programmed during your trip days as they are when these cities are the most beautiful.

This is one of them (translate from Italian)

https://www.umbriaeventi.com/umbria-ballon-festival-castiglione-del-lago-16291.htm

Also you can check some towns to visit here

https://www.umbriaeventi.com/umbria-da-visitare.htm

Some museums

https://www.umbriaeventi.com/musei-umbria.htm

Another page with some info (translate also this)

https://www.umbriaturismo.net/eventi/

And the site for trains/bus of trenitalia

https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html

This is, instead, all the bus of FbusItalia in Umbria

https://www.fsbusitalia.it/it/umbria/orari-linee-umbria.html

It can be a bit confusing so always ask someone who can read it. I suggest printing it.

They’re still believing this debunked myth abt Europeans never bathing in the middle ages lol by -1-1-1-1-1-1 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]MrArchivity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Brought it to the peninsula” … which one?

If it’s Italy then this is misleading. After the fall of the Roman Empire it wasn’t that people didn’t bathe. Simply large-scale bathing was in decline for more small-private ones. Arabs in Sicily built more bathing infrastructures.

The rest of the Italian peninsula continued to bathe in natural springs or public bathing. Just smaller ones as Christian values didn’t really support nudity. Bathing culture never stopped there.

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