Italian pride: Italians sometimes forget how proud they can and should be of their country. Let's look at Italy with serenity and see 7 reasons to be proud of.
History
Italy has the most extraordinary history in the world. The Romans ruled from Spain to the Middle East, from Morocco to Germany. With the Popes the whole world has always continued to look to Italy and Italians have led a religion for two millennia. In the Renaissance Italy became synonymous with Beauty. Marco Polo made Italy known in China, Columbus discovered America and Marconi invented the radio. Just to name a few.
Art
I recently took a walk in Venice. And despite having visited that city since I was a child, each time getting lost in the calli gives new visions, new flavors, new discoveries. The eyes and the desire to see are enough to know that Italy is the world homeland of visual and plastic art. And it has always been. Just take a tour not only in Venice but also in Florence or Rome to make any doubts collapse. Michelangelo, Leonardo, Caravaggio, Giotto, Titian, Raphael are just some of the many names that the whole world envies us. Each village is a treasure chest that contains treasures that are not found anywhere else in the world. Go, what do I know, to Montone, in Umbria, to discover that a small village that you may not have known is actually much more beautiful than you could ever have imagined.
Food
The more I travel the world, the more I realize a real absolute and indisputable Italian superiority in the field of food. The Japanese make wonderful sushi, Chinese cuisine is very interesting, in France there is something good, especially in terms of wines. But there is no country in the world that can even remotely compete with Italian flavors. And I'm not talking about pizza or those Italian foods that have adapted to the market standardization, which are also much better than the others. But of the fact that each country has its own recipes, its own culinary traditions, each slightly different from the other. Thus in a country much smaller than others there is a variety of cuisines ranging from fish to meat, from the use of spices to mountain traditions. The best welcome that Italy gives to returning Italians explodes on the language.
Fashion
We may not realize it but the whole world looks to Italians as masters of style in dressing. And they are right: just take a ride a London and Paris to realize that this virtue of the Italians is even noticed walking down the street. Even if we let the kids dress like in the slums of the big American cities, we are left with a heritage and a tradition in fashion that has no equal. Brands such as Armani, Versace, Valentino testify to this at all times.
Lifestyle
Every time I go back to Italy it is my breath that makes me understand that here we live in a different way. If we exclude the metropolitan corners conquered by the capitalist frenzy, Italy remains a world tuned to the agricultural dimension and therefore to the rhythms of nature. If this is accompanied by that ancient sense of humanitas which means that in small towns one encounters more smiles than cars, we understand that the lifestyle that one finds is completely unique. Especially in its province, Italy is one of the places with the highest quality of life in the world. Or at least with the greatest density of humanity.
Music
Italy makes itself heard in the ears. For centuries, music had Italian as its language. The operas are in Italian - even those of Mozart - the greatest musicians were Italian and the Italy of music was considered the homeland. Perhaps for his language so harmonic and melodious. There's no need to bother with names like Verdi and Rossini, Italian pride, in support of this thesis. Theaters around the world show at each performance that foreigners are much more aware of this than Italians themselves.
Love
Wherever I am in the world or whatever nationality I have to do with, Italians are considered a special spice when it comes to relationships between men and women. There is something ancient in this - just think of the name Casanova that still resonates - but it is there. It is especially true for the vision that one has of the Italian male but even more for the natural association that is made between Italy and the word love. Immortal stories such as that of Paolo and Francesca, Sigismondo and Isotta, Romeo and Juliet bear witness to this. Together with Valentine's Day. That he was Italian.
A little bit of Italian pride!
