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I'm Italian and I live in the south Marche region, believe me, it's very peculiar! I can get to the sea in just 20 minutes or to mountains in 30 and high ones! We can skiing watching the sea or just enjoy a unique landscape, on clear days watching from Croatian mountains over the Adriatic sea to Gran Sasso mountain, almost 3000m high. Have you noticed I love my land?
I visited Italy in 2018. I went to Rome and Florence and took a train between both cities. I knew Italy was mountainous so I found the plains so beautiful.
@@GEOfocusChanneli am from italy. I speak italian. I know about romance lunguistics. You come from canada, you dont know anything about italian linguisitcs or romance lunguistics. So dont lecture me or other italians.
I have seen Italy five times by now, which is easy for a German like me. I have to say I love this country. What struck me the most was the Almalfi Coast, not far from Naples. You can see villages nestled in the mountains right by the sea, surrounded by terraces of orange trees. It's a little paradise. Almost a nice as this was Finale Ligure and Genoa. But better than all of that are only the people. Italians are simply lovable. If you've never been to Europe, go to Italy. You won't be disappointed.
Well, err, my dear German fella (and European brother), in Genoa (and Liguria in general) people are not famous for their hospitality nor for their pleasantness.... Qualities like politness, hospitality and education that I always found in your country .... All the time ... That's why I love Germany ... As my grandpop always told me: Germans are earnest people, unlike Italians...😊
@@Ekphrasys That's funny. How similar the experiences are, when you do not live in the country you are talking about. I made those experiences, I described in the entry post and to be fair it might have been luck to meet particularly nice people. Btw. Germans are not known for their kindness nor for their hospitality. That only applies to some rural regions. And also only to some people and certainly not Germans in general. Also I would not say Germans are better educated than people from any other Western civilization. You can get this impression if you only move in certain circles, e.g. students. But you then won't see all the dickheads we have here in Germany. And we have a lot of them. Only go to a football match and you'll see the true idiotic nature of a German.
I was privileged to live in Italy from 1982 to 1985, and I was also able to visit again twice during 1991. My parents and siblings have visited much more recently, so they could probably speak more about what it's like now, but I remember the beaches, the architecture, the amazing mountains, and especially the culture. I loved seeing the various parades and processions, celebrating the festivals, being able to visit castles and ruins and cathedrals, etc. I can't say enough about the food, and I absolutely love the language--well, Toscano, as it was the only variant I learned. Since I was a young child at the time, I don't recall anything really about the constantly changing government, but I do still have friends there who complain about it plenty--it seems to me that if you're speaking with Italians, eventually they'll start complaining about the government (though that may be a universal characteristic). Thanks for the video, Paul!
as a spaniard from south america italy and japan are my favourite countries in the world, italy has more unesco sights than any other in the world. italy and japan have the same culture structure like strong family ties , great food , and landscape is amazing. their arts is mind blowing . i love their language , love their music and movies.
Thanks, Marta! I'm glad you love this channel. :) And most people who visit Italy seem to love it. The only person I know who didn't love it was my brother, but I think that's because he fell for some tourist scam. I don't remember what it was, but that was more than 20 years ago. Anyway, that exists anywhere there are tourists.
Great video, as always. I lived in Italy as a teenager from 1998 to 2001 and have visited twice since, in 2003 and 2013. What struck me the most about the geography on my last visit was how much lusher it was than Spain. I go to Spain much more often than Italy, and the two countries are often compared, but in reality they look very unalike. Much of Spain is at least semiarid, but most of Italy is fairly lush by comparison. I can't speak for the Mediterranean coast of Spain; maybe it would look more similar to the coastal areas of Italy, but the interior of Spain is much drier.
Excellent video and content! I have been following you for many years from your other channel about langueges. Greetings from Torino, Piemonte (Piedmont), first capital of united Italy, from 1861 to 1865.
Hello Paul, I love it that you did a video on my country (not to mention the two excellent videos about its languages). I will have to point out that you swapped the land measurements of Sardinia and Sicily. Sicily is the largest island of the two. Another point that needs clarifying is Italy's number of governments. Don't get me wrong, Italian politics is absolutely bonkers and frustrating, but that number depends from the fact that Italy doesn't do cabinet reshuffles. A minister may go, but if more need to go, a crisis is opened. The following government may be a copycat of the previous one with only a few names changed. Other countries would simply do a reshuffle. I love my country, I think it's immensely beautiful and that beauty is very diverse: if you visit Tuscany you will see a landscape that is entirely different from that of Piedmont or Sardinia. Unfortunately so many Italians take it all for granted and they don't safeguard that immense beauty. It makes me so mad, I sometimes wish I could live in a less beautiful place but with more reasonable people around.
Thanks, Idraote. Yes, I'm aware of the swapped land measurements. That was a hiccup at some point of the production process that I didn't catch when reviewing the final video (probably because their sizes are pretty close).
It is so sad to hear a few words about Abruzzo. The region is famous not only for its natural treasure: the Abruzzo National Park, The Gran Sasso mountains, but also for its rich ancient history. Every person who has tried arrosticini and bocconotti will remember the tasty experience for their whole life.
Excelent work as always Paul. I love your content, I hope this channel could be more viralized just like the language channel (at least). I have never been in Italy but is one of my main destinies to visit in the future, I have ancestors in Friuli. Not only I love the country because my distant family but its nature, architecture, arts, even language too, I love italian music. Greetings from Argentina.
Thanks, Juan! I think this channel can be as big as Langfocus or even bigger, but it will take time to build it up. Right now I enjoy this channel a lot more, because Langfocus is far too consuming and exhausting. There will be a video on Argentina in the near future as well. It’s already made but will be released in March, if everything goes according to plan.
I'm getting thing together to visit Italy, doing school-related things this summer, studying in a village and then short trips to a few of the larger cities. It'll be my first time out of the country! I need to brush up on my italiano!
The country i want to visit the most. History, architecture, gastronomy. I started learn italian for it. My mother gave me Old italian Roman emperor as first name.
Hey great video of a wonderful country, and always so carefully researched. Completed with a shot of espresso for my brain when I am wished a nice day 😀. I would love to see you do a video where you did both language and geography of a place; and how the latter influenced the former.
Thanks! I'm treating this channel as something separate from Langfocus and don't want to focus on language more than any other aspect of a country. But I've done something similar to what you're talking about on Langfocus, with videos like Languages of Belgium, Languages of Singapore, Languages of South Africa, Languages of Switzerland, and Languages of Italy. But that's about as close as I can get.
Same. I also didn't know they had so many mountains in the central part. I knew about the Alps in the north and the volcanos in the south but not the central part. Also regarding 9:01 - easy for you to say lol. It's not that easy governing a country, you know.
Haha, yes I know. I couldn't govern a country. I have enough trouble managing TH-cam channels. That wasn't a criticism of any specific politicians, and I don't really know much about them. It just seems like the system itself could be improved if the government changes so often. They obviously have proportional representation and have to piece together coalitions. There are good aspects of a system like that, ie. people can vote for a more specific party that better represents their interests. But the coalitions tend to be precarious.
@@GEOfocusChannel There are in fact historical reasons for that. The political system was designed in the aftermath of WWII and the fall of fascism, with the constitution specifically set to guarantee representation of all political voices, explicitly forbidding a fascist party, and finally ensuring that no single political force or governmental agency has the opportunity to exercise power in unchecked ways. Any responsibility is usually shared by more than one actor, with each one overlooking the operations of the other and often with the ability to vetoes its actions or reverse its decisions. It is a system designed to make it impossible -- or at least very difficult -- to install a dictatorship by grabbing power softly / legally. The downside is that, essentially, things proceed exceedingly slowly and little gets actually done.
I'm from Finland and have been to Italy many times. I've been to Naples, Sorrento, Sicilia, Sardinia, Lake como, Milan, and Pesaro. So I would say I know a fair amount of what it's like in different places in Italy. My favourite has to be Lake Como, it's just so damn beautiful in there. Also the Amalfi coast is great.
An interesting video about an undeniably fascinating country, which has given the world so much. l am "prejudiced" in favor of ltaly, since my Mother was always a huge fan of all things ltalian - and how could l blame her?
I went to Italy in 2012. The first time in my life at age 18 ironically, being a Western European citizen. Usually France, Portugal and Spain were on the top of my list so far. Either way, Venice is more beautiful than what it looks like in images. I also remember the interesting contrast, as you were leaving the Alps and driving through the Italian countryside in the Po Valley, which is as flat as the Netherlands basically. Then, going over the Appanine Mountains too, as we were heading towards Tuscany, including the village where known Tenor singer, Andrea Bocelli was born. Lots of geographical diversity.
Italians have it good when it comes to food, art, mountains, beaches, historical architecture, religion, and clothes. Just wished their politics and economic opportunities were better.
Didn't know that about the Marche beaches, in fact I know very little about the region, except for what cities and provinces it has. Need to put in on my to see list, since I've kind of subscribed to visiting Italy (twice this year, four times so far) I was most impressed so far by the landscape in Liguria, and Genova in particular. That's one hilly city.
Notable sportsperson (racer to be exact): Valentino Rossi (7 times MotoGP champion) Giacomo Agostini (8 times GP500 champion) Andrea Dovizioso (3 times MotoGP runner-up) Max Biaggi (2 times World Superbike champion) Loris Capirossi (multiple MotoGP race winner) Marco Melandri (2005 MotoGP runner-up) Marco Simoncelli (2008 GP250 champion) Roberto and Andrea Locatelli (champions of GP125-GP250 and World Supersport 600 respectively) Giuseppe Farina (first F1 champion) Alberto Ascari (2 times F1 champion) Giancarlo Fisichella (multiple F1 race winner) Jarno Trulli (multiple F1 podium finisher) Ricardo Patrese (multiple F1 race winner) amongst others.
Climate Zones (Based of Köppen) of Golden Wind (JJBA Part 5) Routes and Locations: • Naples - Csa, • Venice - Cfa, • Sardinia - Mostly Csa with some microclimates of Csb and BSk, • Olbia - Csa, • Rome - Csa.
Hey, Paul, I could not find a video of the Vatican City. In fact, the earliest video from the Geofocus Channel is Indonesia. Additionally, you forgot to mention South Tyrol in Northern Italy where the majority speaks German.
The whole World is beautiful to see and visit. Europe is one of the most visited continents for many known reasons. Among European countries there are two categories : 1- Overpriced, overvalued, overly crowded countries like Italy and France. 2- Unknown gems 💎 : like Hungary, Czech republic, Portugal...
🇮🇹💪💪💪INCREDIBLE CURIOSITIES ABOUT ITALY The oldest tree in Europe In Italy there is the oldest and largest tree in Europe. We are in Sant'Alfio, in Sicily, in the province of Catania and according to experts there is a tree here, the Chestnut of the Hundred Horses, which is between 3000 and 4000 years old. Its name is linked to a legend that tells of how over 100 horsemen took shelter under its branches during a storm. The shortest river in the world Also in Italy there is a small little river. It is called "Ri" is only 175 meters long and was born in Malcesine, a town in the province of Verona, from a small lake. The path of the Ri river is very short, it crosses the hamlet of Cassone and then flows into the waters of Lake Garda. The Unesco Heritage sites That in Italy there are many natural and artistic beauties is practically a fact. Just look around the main cities to see a monument, a church or a historic place of rare beauty at every corner. Of course, what you might not have expected is that in Italy alone there are 50 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a record that surpasses that of any other country in the world. The smallest restaurant On the subject of curiosity, Italy also boasts a very small restaurant called Solo Per Due and, objectively, it is only for two people because it has only one table. We are in Vacone, in the province of Rieti and this Italian restaurant is the smallest not only in our country, but in the whole world. Active volcanoes The world is full of volcanoes, it is true, but do you know that in Italy there are the only three active volcanoes in all of Europe? Well, it's not a joke, it's really like that and these three scare all the other countries: they are Stromboli, Etna and Vesuvius. The most visited country in the world Every year millions of tourists decide to choose our country as a destination for their holidays and they do so with good reason given that there are so many beauties to admire. However, Italy is so beautiful that it is the fourth most visited country in the world, Italian the fourth most studied language and Italian cuisine is considered the best in the world. The fork was invented in Italy Pasta is one of the emblems of Italy and to eat it, needless to say, we use a fork. What you may not know is that this utensil was probably invented by the Byzantine Roman Empire, but after the fall of the Empire, even the fork seemed to have disappeared. However, when the "calm" was restored, the Italians began to use the fork again and in a short time it spread throughout Europe. The genetic heritage Recent research has shown that the genetic heritage of us Italians is the richest in Europe. The reason is linked to the continuous migrations and isolation of linguistic minorities and to the dialects that persist despite time and evolution. First car with internal combustion engine The invention of the internal combustion engine is attributed to two Tuscans, Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci, who patented it in 1853 The first car powered by a petrol engine was designed and built by an Italian, Eng. Enrico Bernardi in 1884. Nutella was born in Italy When we crave sweet, the first thing we think about, if we are chocolate lovers, is Nutella. This delicious product has all Italian origins: it was invented in Cuneo in 1964 by Ferrero starting from previous experiments on a cream called Supercrema. Recipe? A secret of course. The oldest universities In conclusion, Italy also amazes us for its universities. In fact, our country has the oldest university and film festival in history. These are the University of Bologna, founded in 1088, and the Venice Film Festival, inaugurated in 1932.
How is it possible you overlooked the fact that Emila Romagna is home to Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and Ducati? It's something more than agriculture!
The capital city of Calabria is not Reggio Calabria but Catanzaro. Calabria is particular. A region can have only one capital city in which the president, the regional "parliament" and the regional government are located but Calabria has the president and the regional government in Catanzaro and the "parliament" in Reggio Calabria. De jure the capital city is Catanzaro, de facto both Catanzaro and Reggio are capitals.
In all fairness, the short average duration of Italian governments can also be seen as an advantage: no matter how terrible each government is (and believe me, most are, indeed!!!), as soon as it crumbles, people are free to hope/dream (at least, for a few weeks) that the next government will be better. Until reality proves them wrong...😕 Anyway, back to Italy's beauties, here's one most of you will probably not know already - the old Spa in Bormio, Valtellina: th-cam.com/video/XYHP2xBMMD4/w-d-xo.html
Our "system" is what guarantees the country a TRUE democracy and bi(tri-quadri)polarism... Chosing between two parties is not what I call democracy ....sorry ...🤷♂️
According to the Bible and the Quran, it can also be between a man and multiple women. Also, in many places to this very day, child brides are not uncommon. It's been that way for literally millennia, so why change it, right? (If any dimwit happens to read this, I'm being ironic)
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I'm Italian and I live in the south Marche region, believe me, it's very peculiar! I can get to the sea in just 20 minutes or to mountains in 30 and high ones!
We can skiing watching the sea or just enjoy a unique landscape, on clear days watching from Croatian mountains over the Adriatic sea to Gran Sasso mountain, almost 3000m high.
Have you noticed I love my land?
Marche sounds amazing!
Montegiorgiese qui, tu di dove sei?
I visited Italy in 2018. I went to Rome and Florence and took a train between both cities. I knew Italy was mountainous so I found the plains so beautiful.
Yes, the Tuscan Plains are famous throughout the world. :)
Very well-made video. Your pronunciation of Italian is praiseworthy -- you nailed it in all relevant details and peculiarities. Bravo!
Thank you, Loricott! I appreciate the kind words. 😊
Right
@@GEOfocusChannel most of the varieties you called regional languages are dialects of italian.
@@GEOfocusChanneli am from italy. I speak italian. I know about romance lunguistics. You come from canada, you dont know anything about italian linguisitcs or romance lunguistics. So dont lecture me or other italians.
Estupendo vídeo, como siempre. Muy elaborado e instructivo. 👍
Thanks, Manuel! :)
Amazing video! Kudos to your outstanding work from Italy (Milan) Andrea
Thank you, Andrea! I'm glad you approve. :)
I have seen Italy five times by now, which is easy for a German like me. I have to say I love this country. What struck me the most was the Almalfi Coast, not far from Naples. You can see villages nestled in the mountains right by the sea, surrounded by terraces of orange trees. It's a little paradise. Almost a nice as this was Finale Ligure and Genoa.
But better than all of that are only the people. Italians are simply lovable. If you've never been to Europe, go to Italy. You won't be disappointed.
Well, err, my dear German fella (and European brother), in Genoa (and Liguria in general) people are not famous for their hospitality nor for their pleasantness....
Qualities like politness, hospitality and education that I always found in your country .... All the time ... That's why I love Germany ... As my grandpop always told me: Germans are earnest people, unlike Italians...😊
@@Ekphrasys That's funny. How similar the experiences are, when you do not live in the country you are talking about. I made those experiences, I described in the entry post and to be fair it might have been luck to meet particularly nice people.
Btw. Germans are not known for their kindness nor for their hospitality. That only applies to some rural regions. And also only to some people and certainly not Germans in general. Also I would not say Germans are better educated than people from any other Western civilization. You can get this impression if you only move in certain circles, e.g. students. But you then won't see all the dickheads we have here in Germany. And we have a lot of them. Only go to a football match and you'll see the true idiotic nature of a German.
us neapolitans LOVE our german tourists
Trieste is one of the most underrated cities in Italy
Oh yeah, right near Slovenia!
And Trieste has a statue of James Joyce
Thank bro
I've always loved Italy 🇮🇹 ❤ I'm gonna move there someday
Great video 😊
It looks like a great place to live!
I was privileged to live in Italy from 1982 to 1985, and I was also able to visit again twice during 1991. My parents and siblings have visited much more recently, so they could probably speak more about what it's like now, but I remember the beaches, the architecture, the amazing mountains, and especially the culture. I loved seeing the various parades and processions, celebrating the festivals, being able to visit castles and ruins and cathedrals, etc. I can't say enough about the food, and I absolutely love the language--well, Toscano, as it was the only variant I learned. Since I was a young child at the time, I don't recall anything really about the constantly changing government, but I do still have friends there who complain about it plenty--it seems to me that if you're speaking with Italians, eventually they'll start complaining about the government (though that may be a universal characteristic).
Thanks for the video, Paul!
as a spaniard from south america italy and japan are my favourite countries in the world, italy has more unesco sights than any other in the world. italy and japan have the same culture structure like strong family ties , great food , and landscape is amazing. their arts is mind blowing . i love their language , love their music and movies.
That's interesting. I've never thought about the similarities between Japan and Italy.
I love this interesting channel and I love Italy!😍😍🇮🇹
Thank you for coming back Paul!
Thanks, Marta! I'm glad you love this channel. :)
And most people who visit Italy seem to love it. The only person I know who didn't love it was my brother, but I think that's because he fell for some tourist scam. I don't remember what it was, but that was more than 20 years ago. Anyway, that exists anywhere there are tourists.
Great video, as always. I lived in Italy as a teenager from 1998 to 2001 and have visited twice since, in 2003 and 2013. What struck me the most about the geography on my last visit was how much lusher it was than Spain. I go to Spain much more often than Italy, and the two countries are often compared, but in reality they look very unalike. Much of Spain is at least semiarid, but most of Italy is fairly lush by comparison. I can't speak for the Mediterranean coast of Spain; maybe it would look more similar to the coastal areas of Italy, but the interior of Spain is much drier.
Yeah, that's the impression I have of Spain's landscape.
Magnífico Paul 🤩
Thank you!
My region... Lombardy💪🏻Greeting from Milan... But all the country is very beautiful... Bravo!!
Milan looks like a beautiful city!
Excellent video and content! I have been following you for many years from your other channel about langueges. Greetings from Torino, Piemonte (Piedmont), first capital of united Italy, from 1861 to 1865.
Hello Paul, I love it that you did a video on my country (not to mention the two excellent videos about its languages).
I will have to point out that you swapped the land measurements of Sardinia and Sicily. Sicily is the largest island of the two.
Another point that needs clarifying is Italy's number of governments.
Don't get me wrong, Italian politics is absolutely bonkers and frustrating, but that number depends from the fact that Italy doesn't do cabinet reshuffles. A minister may go, but if more need to go, a crisis is opened. The following government may be a copycat of the previous one with only a few names changed. Other countries would simply do a reshuffle.
I love my country, I think it's immensely beautiful and that beauty is very diverse: if you visit Tuscany you will see a landscape that is entirely different from that of Piedmont or Sardinia.
Unfortunately so many Italians take it all for granted and they don't safeguard that immense beauty. It makes me so mad, I sometimes wish I could live in a less beautiful place but with more reasonable people around.
Thanks, Idraote. Yes, I'm aware of the swapped land measurements. That was a hiccup at some point of the production process that I didn't catch when reviewing the final video (probably because their sizes are pretty close).
It is so sad to hear a few words about Abruzzo. The region is famous not only for its natural treasure: the Abruzzo National Park, The Gran Sasso mountains, but also for its rich ancient history. Every person who has tried arrosticini and bocconotti will remember the tasty experience for their whole life.
I’m sure it’s amazing, but this is only a 10 minute video about the whole country, so I can’t go into depth on individual regions.
And Abruzzo is considered center Italy, not southern.
Green mountains, calm blue sea, amazing people, food and wine. That is my favorite region as well :)
Excelent work as always Paul. I love your content, I hope this channel could be more viralized just like the language channel (at least). I have never been in Italy but is one of my main destinies to visit in the future, I have ancestors in Friuli. Not only I love the country because my distant family but its nature, architecture, arts, even language too, I love italian music. Greetings from Argentina.
Thanks, Juan! I think this channel can be as big as Langfocus or even bigger, but it will take time to build it up. Right now I enjoy this channel a lot more, because Langfocus is far too consuming and exhausting.
There will be a video on Argentina in the near future as well. It’s already made but will be released in March, if everything goes according to plan.
Loved the video, keep up the great work 😊
Thanks, Idolve! I plan to keep it up. :)
I'm getting thing together to visit Italy, doing school-related things this summer, studying in a village and then short trips to a few of the larger cities. It'll be my first time out of the country! I need to brush up on my italiano!
When Paul releases a new video, you stop whatever your doing and watch 😆
Haha, thank you, Kamil.
Very informative and concise. Thank you!
Thanks, PJ!
The country i want to visit the most. History, architecture, gastronomy. I started learn italian for it. My mother gave me Old italian Roman emperor as first name.
Hey great video of a wonderful country, and always so carefully researched. Completed with a shot of espresso for my brain when I am wished a nice day 😀. I would love to see you do a video where you did both language and geography of a place; and how the latter influenced the former.
Thanks!
I'm treating this channel as something separate from Langfocus and don't want to focus on language more than any other aspect of a country. But I've done something similar to what you're talking about on Langfocus, with videos like Languages of Belgium, Languages of Singapore, Languages of South Africa, Languages of Switzerland, and Languages of Italy. But that's about as close as I can get.
Greetings from Turin (Torino)! :D
Torino looks beautiful!
Great video!
Thanks, Omri! 👍🏻😊
Same. I also didn't know they had so many mountains in the central part. I knew about the Alps in the north and the volcanos in the south but not the central part. Also regarding 9:01 - easy for you to say lol. It's not that easy governing a country, you know.
Haha, yes I know. I couldn't govern a country. I have enough trouble managing TH-cam channels.
That wasn't a criticism of any specific politicians, and I don't really know much about them. It just seems like the system itself could be improved if the government changes so often. They obviously have proportional representation and have to piece together coalitions. There are good aspects of a system like that, ie. people can vote for a more specific party that better represents their interests. But the coalitions tend to be precarious.
@@GEOfocusChannel There are in fact historical reasons for that. The political system was designed in the aftermath of WWII and the fall of fascism, with the constitution specifically set to guarantee representation of all political voices, explicitly forbidding a fascist party, and finally ensuring that no single political force or governmental agency has the opportunity to exercise power in unchecked ways. Any responsibility is usually shared by more than one actor, with each one overlooking the operations of the other and often with the ability to vetoes its actions or reverse its decisions. It is a system designed to make it impossible -- or at least very difficult -- to install a dictatorship by grabbing power softly / legally.
The downside is that, essentially, things proceed exceedingly slowly and little gets actually done.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!
Great detailed introduction video for the country of Italy 🇮🇹. Looking forward to see one for Spain 🇪🇸 too!
Thanks! I have a video about Spain as well: th-cam.com/video/BNFrqFY_30o/w-d-xo.html
@@GEOfocusChannel Okay, seen it already. Thank you!
I'm from Finland and have been to Italy many times. I've been to Naples, Sorrento, Sicilia, Sardinia, Lake como, Milan, and Pesaro. So I would say I know a fair amount of what it's like in different places in Italy. My favourite has to be Lake Como, it's just so damn beautiful in there. Also the Amalfi coast is great.
This is my home country! Thank you 🇮🇹!
PS What you said about the Italian government can't be further from the truth
Once I spent summer in Sicily (June 15 to Sept 3) and the first and only rain was on the Sept 1.
An interesting video about an undeniably fascinating country, which has given the world so much. l am "prejudiced" in favor of ltaly, since my Mother was always a huge fan of all things ltalian - and how could l blame her?
Another great one 🎯🌾👌🏻
Thank you, sir!
@@GEOfocusChannel my pleasure 😉🥂
I went to Italy in 2012. The first time in my life at age 18 ironically, being a Western European citizen. Usually France, Portugal and Spain were on the top of my list so far. Either way, Venice is more beautiful than what it looks like in images.
I also remember the interesting contrast, as you were leaving the Alps and driving through the Italian countryside in the Po Valley, which is as flat as the Netherlands basically. Then, going over the Appanine Mountains too, as we were heading towards Tuscany, including the village where known Tenor singer, Andrea Bocelli was born. Lots of geographical diversity.
Italians have it good when it comes to food, art, mountains, beaches, historical architecture, religion, and clothes. Just wished their politics and economic opportunities were better.
I've been to Italy twice. Amazing country, loved it's culture, it's climate and food and drink. One of the best countries in Europe to visit...
Didn't know that about the Marche beaches, in fact I know very little about the region, except for what cities and provinces it has. Need to put in on my to see list, since I've kind of subscribed to visiting Italy (twice this year, four times so far)
I was most impressed so far by the landscape in Liguria, and Genova in particular. That's one hilly city.
Notable sportsperson (racer to be exact):
Valentino Rossi (7 times MotoGP champion)
Giacomo Agostini (8 times GP500 champion)
Andrea Dovizioso (3 times MotoGP runner-up)
Max Biaggi (2 times World Superbike champion)
Loris Capirossi (multiple MotoGP race winner)
Marco Melandri (2005 MotoGP runner-up)
Marco Simoncelli (2008 GP250 champion)
Roberto and Andrea Locatelli (champions of GP125-GP250 and World Supersport 600 respectively)
Giuseppe Farina (first F1 champion)
Alberto Ascari (2 times F1 champion)
Giancarlo Fisichella (multiple F1 race winner)
Jarno Trulli (multiple F1 podium finisher)
Ricardo Patrese (multiple F1 race winner)
amongst others.
There's a photo of Belluno! 1:57 (I am from a town near Belluno). Sorry for the mistakes.
Actually, Croatia is Italian's neighbor too. They share the Adriatic Sea. :) We in Croatia have always experienced Italy as a neighboring country.
Love you Italy 🥰 Greetings from Baghdad, Iraq
The areas of Sardinia and Sicily are swapped. Sicily is larger than Sardinia (and much more populated as well).
Yes. I didn't notice because their sizes aren't very different.
You know, Sicily is very proud of being the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
I lived in Padova in Veneto for a bit. Veneto is my fav part followed by Friuli. Friuli has excellent wines!
Home to an indigenous subspecies of brown bear, the marsican brown bear!
Climate Zones (Based of Köppen) of Golden Wind (JJBA Part 5) Routes and Locations:
• Naples - Csa,
• Venice - Cfa,
• Sardinia - Mostly Csa with some microclimates of Csb and BSk,
• Olbia - Csa,
• Rome - Csa.
Nice
Thanks, Cacá!
Hey, Paul, I could not find a video of the Vatican City. In fact, the earliest video from the Geofocus Channel is Indonesia. Additionally, you forgot to mention South Tyrol in Northern Italy where the majority speaks German.
If you look at the playlists page there is a playlist called "Old videos". It's still on there, but it's unlisted.
@@GEOfocusChannel cool thanks.
The whole World is beautiful to see and visit. Europe is one of the most visited continents for many known reasons. Among European countries there are two categories :
1- Overpriced, overvalued, overly crowded countries like Italy and France.
2- Unknown gems 💎 : like Hungary, Czech republic, Portugal...
actually you switch sicily and sardegna surface. sicily is the largest mediterranean isle.. it is quite known
LOVE FROM ROMANIA ITALY GEOFOCUS
Thank you, man. But don't post it on every video. :)
🇮🇹💪💪💪INCREDIBLE CURIOSITIES ABOUT ITALY
The oldest tree in Europe
In Italy there is the oldest and largest tree in Europe. We are in Sant'Alfio, in Sicily, in the province of Catania and according to experts there is a tree here, the Chestnut of the Hundred Horses, which is between 3000 and 4000 years old. Its name is linked to a legend that tells of how over 100 horsemen took shelter under its branches during a storm.
The shortest river in the world
Also in Italy there is a small little river. It is called "Ri" is only 175 meters long and was born in Malcesine, a town in the province of Verona, from a small lake. The path of the Ri river is very short, it crosses the hamlet of Cassone and then flows into the waters of Lake Garda.
The Unesco Heritage sites
That in Italy there are many natural and artistic beauties is practically a fact. Just look around the main cities to see a monument, a church or a historic place of rare beauty at every corner. Of course, what you might not have expected is that in Italy alone there are 50 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a record that surpasses that of any other country in the world.
The smallest restaurant
On the subject of curiosity, Italy also boasts a very small restaurant called Solo Per Due and, objectively, it is only for two people because it has only one table. We are in Vacone, in the province of Rieti and this Italian restaurant is the smallest not only in our country, but in the whole world.
Active volcanoes
The world is full of volcanoes, it is true, but do you know that in Italy there are the only three active volcanoes in all of Europe? Well, it's not a joke, it's really like that and these three scare all the other countries: they are Stromboli, Etna and Vesuvius.
The most visited country in the world
Every year millions of tourists decide to choose our country as a destination for their holidays and they do so with good reason given that there are so many beauties to admire. However, Italy is so beautiful that it is the fourth most visited country in the world, Italian the fourth most studied language and Italian cuisine is considered the best in the world.
The fork was invented in Italy
Pasta is one of the emblems of Italy and to eat it, needless to say, we use a fork. What you may not know is that this utensil was probably invented by the Byzantine Roman Empire, but after the fall of the Empire, even the fork seemed to have disappeared. However, when the "calm" was restored, the Italians began to use the fork again and in a short time it spread throughout Europe.
The genetic heritage
Recent research has shown that the genetic heritage of us Italians is the richest in Europe. The reason is linked to the continuous migrations and isolation of linguistic minorities and to the dialects that persist despite time and evolution.
First car with internal combustion engine
The invention of the internal combustion engine is attributed to two Tuscans, Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci, who patented it in 1853
The first car powered by a petrol engine was designed and built by an Italian, Eng. Enrico Bernardi in 1884.
Nutella was born in Italy
When we crave sweet, the first thing we think about, if we are chocolate lovers, is Nutella. This delicious product has all Italian origins: it was invented in Cuneo in 1964 by Ferrero starting from previous experiments on a cream called Supercrema. Recipe? A secret of course.
The oldest universities
In conclusion, Italy also amazes us for its universities. In fact, our country has the oldest university and film festival in history. These are the University of Bologna, founded in 1088, and the Venice Film Festival, inaugurated in 1932.
Well, al-Azhar in Cario is a few years older than the University of Bologna, he also made that mistake in the video...
@@mobo7420he did say Europe,last time I checked Egypt is in Africa ,
@@johngarofano7356 No he didn't - "our country has the oldest university and film festival in history.", "in history" not "in Europe".
What struck me about Venice was the price of a glass of water at St. Marcos Plaza.
How much was it?
@@GEOfocusChannel 8 Euro in 2002
Whoa! What a ripoff.
How is it possible you overlooked the fact that Emila Romagna is home to Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and Ducati? It's something more than agriculture!
Because I don't know everything. lol
Lago di Garda
I’m afraid you inverted the areas of Sicily and Sardinia (the former being the largest Mediterranean island)
Yes, you’re right that I got their sizes mixed up (maybe because their sizes are fairly close).
Paul, please do Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq)
Good job, but the you switched the aereas of Sardinia and Sicily. Keep it up.
Where did I switch them?
I think he means you attrbuted the area of Sardinia to Sicily and vice versa.
Oh, the land area totals were reversed. I see.
in thumbnail you look a little bit like Randy
The name of the region in which Naples is located is CampaNIA, not campaGNA...
The capital city of Calabria is not Reggio Calabria but Catanzaro.
Calabria is particular. A region can have only one capital city in which the president, the regional "parliament" and the regional government are located but Calabria has the president and the regional government in Catanzaro and the "parliament" in Reggio Calabria.
De jure the capital city is Catanzaro, de facto both Catanzaro and Reggio are capitals.
Bro the size of Sardegna and Sicilia is inverted. Sicilia is the biggest region of Italy.
Yes, you’re right.
By the way Germany is only 357.592 km² so surprisingly not that bigger than italy..
In all fairness, the short average duration of Italian governments can also be seen as an advantage: no matter how terrible each government is (and believe me, most are, indeed!!!), as soon as it crumbles, people are free to hope/dream (at least, for a few weeks) that the next government will be better. Until reality proves them wrong...😕
Anyway, back to Italy's beauties, here's one most of you will probably not know already - the old Spa in Bormio, Valtellina: th-cam.com/video/XYHP2xBMMD4/w-d-xo.html
there's a lot of flies in Italy
It is pronounced "Nettùno".
Ok. 👍🏻
Our "system" is what guarantees the country a TRUE democracy and bi(tri-quadri)polarism...
Chosing between two parties is not what I call democracy ....sorry ...🤷♂️
My country doesn’t have a two party system either.
@@GEOfocusChannel lucky you!
😃 I think so 👍🏻
Fun Fact: Marriage is between a man and a woman. It’s been that way for literally millennia.
According to the Bible and the Quran, it can also be between a man and multiple women. Also, in many places to this very day, child brides are not uncommon. It's been that way for literally millennia, so why change it, right?
(If any dimwit happens to read this, I'm being ironic)
@@SolarpunkEnjoyer Yeah, but marriage is always between opposite sexes.
How about Italy just leave the European Union and embrace Anarcho-Capitalism? Just a thought.
8:03 Despite its name, 'Reggio di Calabria' is not the capital of the region. The capital of Calabria is Catanzaro.