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Our world famous country can be universally recognized by its 3 main features:

PIZZA, MAFIA &  MANDOLINO.

We know our country is the best, and we’d love to talk with you about it.

Okay, jokes aside: it is true that the first thing you think about when you hear the word ‘Italy’ is pizza.

But what is pizza?

Pizza is our national dish. Everybody here knows pizza, loves pizza and, of course, eats pizza! Without pizza Italy wouldn’t probably be the same as it is now.

For us Italians, pizza is the “Saturday night meal”, because people usually go out and eat it on Saturday. We go to the “pizzeria”, a place built just for eating pizza! Isn’t that great?

Pizza can be eaten along with basically anything your mind comes up with. Anything that matches well with it, of course, like sausage, fries, onion, tuna, etc.. Don’t absolutely put weird food on it, like PINEAPPLES. We consider pizza with pineapple a heresy, and it should’ve never been invented.

Different regions mean different pizzas, but all in all, it means sharing and enjoying great moments with friends and family.

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About mafia, we know it’s something we are INfamous for, but we believe in the power of our law forces and always hope for a brighter future. We are conscious about the fact that it’s something bad, and we do all we can to fight against it, every day, with everything we have, from politics to art, from writing to singing, from movies to theatres..

We’re trying our best to defeat it.

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Last but not least, Mandolino doesn’t refer only to the instrument itself, but to all the art that has been part of Italy since its very first beginning.

“La Gioconda” was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci and it’s probably our most famous painting. Artists like Michelangelo, Raffaello, Caravaggio and many more represent our ‘painted culture’, that is over 5000 years old.

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Michelangelo’s David is instantly recognizable for its perfection and explains a lot about the classic influences our culture has been affected by (Greek art, for example).

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Giuseppe Verdi was a great composer in 19th century. He’s acclaimed as one of the best music composers of all time, and his compositions still inspire musicians from all over the world.

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And what about Italian cities? Okay, everyone of you knows Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, etc..

Instead, we’re going to show you some cities that are worth a visit, but are underrated.

Pisa
Home of the famous leaning tower, it also gave birth to Galileo Galilei, who first introduced the scientific method and is considered the father of modern science.

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Verona
Famous for its arena in which a lot of famous artists have played and still do nowadays. Shakespeare set his most famous play ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in Verona, and you can visit Juliet’s house with the famous balcony everyone knows about.

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And you can’t just talk about Italy without mentioning his two-wheeled and four-wheeled tradition.

Vespa and Ferrari are known all over the world, as well as Ducati and Lamborghini.

Vespa

It has always been a symbol of our society since the ‘50s, when it first appeared on Italian streets, and it shows how we have changed during the last decades just by looking at the models that came out every year. Many people consider the older versions better than the new ones, making us understand how, despite our constant change, we always remain linked to our traditions.

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Ferrari

This car made us famous around the world once again, for its beauty, its speed, its color and, unfortunately, its cost.