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.
I wonder if there is any interest in old photos here ? We found my fatherinlaw's, old photobook, including many picturs from the WorldWar II in Africa and Ethiopia, where he attended. There are also several images of Alpinis, many have no name on the backside, but som of them have. Do you want me to put them in here on the Board, maybe there's your ancestrys on the pictures
I will start with these. There are many pictures, but I put them all after. Text what was written on the backs of the pictures are now shown as text below the images. There will be more after these;)
Amazing photos!
These photos need to be preserved for all time through a museum or Italian historical society!
Thank you Bosetti for sharing them with us.
Nick
Surnames: Repole, Pinto, Patrissi, Schettino, Garofano, Gambuti, Parente. Towns: Rapone, Guardia Sanframondi, San Lorenzo Maggiore
Thank you for posting these amazing photos Bosetti. They are so interesting and I agree with the previous poster they should definitely be preserved and placed somewhere like a museum where they will be valued. I would love to see any more you have - provided you have the time to scan and post. I am particularly interested in WWII Africa (North and South). Thank you again, Angela.
Thx so much for sharing these amazing pics Bosetti. I greatly enjoyed viewing them all but the fist one was really touching. Hope you are able to share more, i look forward to seeing them.
The dialects of modern Italian all have their roots in the spoken form of Latin (Vulgar Latin), in use throughout the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin had, no doubt, its own local peculiarities before the fall of the Empire. The political instability that followed Roman rule kept Italy from re-uniting as ...
