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History In A Map – A Quiz Posted by on Dec 5, 2017 in Culture

If you’ve travelled in Italy you’ll have noticed a commonality amongst the names given to streets and squares. Let’s see if you can identify some of the most well known ones from the clues below, then fill in the missing name.

Our home town, Pontremoli. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Here’s an example to get you started:
Clue: All roads lead there = Via _______
Answer: Via Roma

1. Clue: famous 19th Century composer of operas, from Busseto, near Parma. One of his pieces, “Va’ pensiero”, is considered the unofficial Italian anthem = Via _______

2. Clue: a 20th century scientist who studied electricity and invented the radio = Viale _______

3. Clue: he’s known as l’Eroe dei due mondi because he fought both in Italy and in South America during the 19th century = Corso _______

4. Clue: the name of this street commemorates the end of WWII in Italy = Via _______

5. Clue: with his writings he inflamed the hearts of thousands of young men who were ready to fight for the unification of Italy = Via _______

6. Clue: the end of the First World War in Italy = Via _______

7. Clue: in 1848 he published the first novel written in ‘standard’ Italian = Viale _______

8. Clue: born in Assisi in 1182, he is Italy’s patron saint = Piazza _______

9. Clue: Italy’s first Prime Minister, he spoke French and Piedmontese, but not Italian = Corso _______

10. Clue: the name of this piazza commemorates the liberation of the Italian peninsula from Nazi-Fascism = Piazza _______

11. Clue: he’s considered the father of the Italian language = Via _______

12. Clue: on this date in 1870 the Bersaglieri broke through the walls of Rome near Porta Pia = Via _______

13. Clue: on the 2nd of June 1946 Italy changed its constitution and ceased being a monarchy = Piazza _______

14. Clue: he was the first king of the newly unified Italian State = Viale _______

15. Clue: important French leader born in Corsica and imprisoned for a short while on the Isola d’Elba from which he escaped in 1815 = Piazza _______

16. Clue: famous Sicilian writer from Agrigento, he won the Nobel Prize in 1934 = Via _______

17. Clue: Italy is part of it = Viale _______

18. Clue: every morning butchers go to this piazza to buy their goods = Piazza _______

19. Clue: the 19th century movement for the liberation and unification of Italy = Piazza _______

Please leave your answers in the comments section, even if you can only manage one or two. We love to hear from you,  and it’s important for us to know that our posts don’t just disappear into the ether ……. 🙂

We’ll publish the answers at the end of the week.

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  1. Reply

    Jackie:

    Ciao, e grazie per la sfida. Ho dovuto cercare tutte le risposte, ma ho imparato moltissimo.
    I vuoi ‘posts’ non spariscono mail nell’etere – sono sempre molto educativi. Mi dispiace che non ho spesso il tempo di lasciare un commento, ma leggo ogni ottimo articolo che scrivono. Grazie mille.

    • Reply

      Geoff:

      @Jackie Ciao Jackie, e grazie tante per il tuo commento!
      🙂

  2. Reply

    Franco Campanello:

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. Del Pace
    5Cavour
    4. Cavour
    6. armistice?
    7. Mazzini
    8. San Francisco
    9. ?.
    10. Liberazione?
    11. Dante
    12. Independenza
    13. Reppublica
    14. Vittore Emmanuele
    15. Napoleon
    16. Carlo Levi?
    17. Europa
    18. Carne?
    19. Risorgimento
    Eh, cosi cosi.

  3. Reply

    Jerome:

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. 24 maggio
    5. Mazzzini
    6. venti novembre
    7. Manzoni
    8. Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10. della Liberazione
    11. Dante
    12. ?luglio
    13. Repubblica
    14. Vittorio Emanuele
    15. Buonaparte
    16. Verga?
    17. Europa
    18. della Carne?
    19. del Risorgimento

  4. Reply

    Mike Nicolucci:

    Ciao Ragazzi! Le vostre parole non vanno negli eteri ma invece ci raggiungono tra le nuvole elettroniche ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
    Ecco le mie poveri ipotesi…
    1.Puccini
    2.Marconi
    3.Garibaldi
    4.Liberta
    6. Vittorio
    7. Francesco
    11 Dante
    14.Emmanuele
    15. Napoleon 19 Risorgimento

  5. Reply

    Charlie DeWeese:

    1. Verdi
    2.Marconi
    3.Garibaldi
    4.
    5.Mazzini
    6. della Vittoria
    7. Manzoni
    8. San Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10.della Liberazione
    11.Dante
    12.20 settembre
    13. Della Repubblica
    14.Vittorio Emmanuele II
    15. Napoleon
    16.Pirandello
    17.Europa
    18. Macello
    19. Risorgimento

  6. Reply

    Gail:

    Oh no!!!! Even if I can only answer the first question ie the one you answered, too, I can assure you, your emails do NOT go off into the ether. They are stored and referred to over and over, not only for the Italian, but for the insights into Italian life. We love your emails. Very best wishes,

    • Reply

      Geoff:

      @Gail Grazie Gail, this is why we ask people to post comments!
      Hope to hear from you again in our comments section, va bene?
      Saluti da Geoff e Serena 🙂

  7. Reply

    Laurel L. Barton:

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. Liberazione
    5. Mazzini
    6.
    7.
    8. San Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10. XXV Aprile
    11. Dante
    12. XX Settembre
    13. della Repubblica
    14. Vittorio Emmanuele
    15. Napoleone
    16. Pirandello
    17. Europea
    18. Macelli
    19. Risorgimento

    Che divertente! Grazie!!

  8. Reply

    Cathy W.:

    Ok, let’s see how I do ;o)

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4.
    5. Manzoni (?)
    6.
    7. Manzoni (?)
    8. San Francesco
    9.
    10.
    11. Dante
    12.
    13.
    14. Vittorio Emmanuele
    15. Napoleone
    16.
    17. Europa
    18. Mercante
    19. Risorgimento
    20.

    • Reply

      Cathy W.:

      @Cathy W. It appears I have some work to do, haha! Thanks for a great lesson!

  9. Reply

    Karen K:

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. XXV Aprile
    5. Cavour
    6. ?
    7. Manzoni
    8. San Francesco
    9. ?
    10. Libertà
    11. Dante Alighieri
    12. XX Settembre
    13. della Repubblica
    14. Vittorio Emanuele
    15. Napoleone
    16. Pirandello
    17. Europa
    18. ?
    19. Risorgimento

  10. Reply

    Annie Lock:

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4, Liberazione d’Italia
    5. Manzoni
    6. ?
    7. Giusti
    8. Francesco d’Assisi
    9. Benso
    10. ?
    11. Dante Alighieri
    12. Venti Settembre
    13. ?
    14. Victor Emmanuel II
    15. Bonaparte
    16. Pirandello
    17. Europa
    18. Mercato di carne!
    19, Risorgimento

  11. Reply

    Gert Schwaner:

    1.Giuseppe Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. 20. Maggio/ La liberazione
    5. Mazzini
    6. Vittorio Veneto
    7. Manzoni
    8. Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10. 25 Aprile
    11. Dante
    12. 20. Settembre
    13. Repubblica
    14. Vittorio Emanuele 2
    15. Napoleone
    16. Pirandello
    17. Unione Europea
    18 mercato
    19. Giovine Italia
    Greetings from Denmark
    Saluti di Danimarca

  12. Reply

    Graham:

    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    9. Cavour
    11. Dante
    13. della Repubblica
    15. Napoleone

  13. Reply

    Patricia:

    1. Verdi
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. 20 maggio
    5. Mazzini
    6. Cuatro novembre
    7. Manzoni
    8. Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10. della Libertà
    11. Petrarca
    12. la Breccia di Porta Pia
    13. della Repubblica
    14. Victor Emmanuel
    15. Buonaparte
    16. Pirandello
    17. Europa
    18. della Macelleria
    19. Risorgimento
    Mi piace tanto questo blog! Grazie per le storie.
    Patricia

  14. Reply

    Andrew Turner:

    1. Puccini
    2. Marconi
    3. Garibaldi
    4. XXV Maggio
    5. Cavour
    6. ?
    7. ?
    8. Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10. della Liberazione
    11. Dante Alleghieri
    12. ?
    13. della Repubblica
    14. Vittorio Emmanuele II
    15. Napoleone
    16. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
    17. Europa
    18. Macellerie
    19. ?

    Un esercizio difficile !

  15. Reply

    June:

    1. Verdi
    2. Volta
    3. Garibaldi
    4. Liberazione
    5. Manzoni
    6. Conciliazione
    7. Manzoni
    8. San Francesco
    9. Cavour
    10. Liberazione
    11. Dante
    12. Vittoria
    13. Repubblica
    14. Vittorio Emanuelle
    15. Napoleone Bonaparte
    16. Pirandello
    17. Europa
    18. Macellaio
    19. Risorgimento

  16. Reply

    Rosalind:

    Non sono fiera delle lacune:
    1. Via Verdi
    2. Viale Marconi
    3.
    4. Via Septembre VIII  ?
    5. Via Garibaldi
    6.
    7.
    8. Piazza San Francesco
    9.
    10. Piazza della Liberazione
    11. Via Dante
    12.
    13. Piazza della Repubblica
    14. Viale Vittorio Emanuele
    15. Piazza Napoleone
    16. Via Pirandello
    17. Viale Europa
    18.
    19. Piazza del Risorgimento

  17. Reply

    Jen Rollins:

    Love your blog, I look forward to all your posts.

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