{"id":15253,"date":"2017-12-05T11:44:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T10:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=15253"},"modified":"2017-12-05T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T10:44:54","slug":"history-in-a-map-a-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/history-in-a-map-a-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"History In A Map – A Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our home town, Pontremoli. \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s an example to get you started:<\/span>
\nClue:<\/span> All roads lead there = Via _______<\/strong>
\nAnswer:<\/span> Via Roma<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

2. Clue:<\/span> a 20th century scientist who studied electricity and invented the radio = Viale _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Clue:<\/span> he’s known as l’Eroe dei due mondi<\/strong> because he fought both in Italy and in South America during the 19th century = Corso _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Clue:<\/span> the name of this street commemorates the end of WWII in Italy = Via _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Clue:<\/span> with his writings he inflamed the hearts of thousands of young men who were ready to fight for the unification of Italy<\/del> = Via _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Clue:<\/span> the end of the First World War in Italy = Via _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Clue:<\/span> in 1848 he published the first novel written in ‘standard’ Italian = Viale _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

8. Clue:<\/span> born in Assisi in 1182, he is Italy’s patron saint = Piazza _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

9. Clue:<\/span> Italy’s first Prime Minister, he spoke French and Piedmontese, but not Italian = Corso _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. Clue:<\/span> the name of this piazza commemorates the liberation of the Italian peninsula from Nazi-Fascism = Piazza _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

11. Clue:<\/span> he’s considered the father of the Italian language = Via _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. Clue:<\/span> on this date in 1870 the Bersaglieri broke through the walls of Rome near Porta Pia = Via _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

13. Clue:<\/span> on the 2nd of June 1946 Italy changed its constitution and ceased being a monarchy = Piazza _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

14. Clue:<\/span> he was the first king of the newly unified Italian State = Viale _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

15. Clue:<\/span> important French leader born in Corsica and imprisoned for a short while on the Isola d’Elba from which he escaped in 1815 = Piazza _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

16. Clue:<\/span> famous Sicilian writer from Agrigento, he won the Nobel Prize in 1934 = Via <\/strong>_______<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

17. Clue:<\/span> Italy is part of it = Viale _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

18. Clue:<\/span> every morning butchers go to this piazza to buy their goods = Piazza _______
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

19. Clue:<\/span> the 19th century movement for the liberation and unification of Italy = Piazza _______<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please leave your answers in the comments section, even if you can only manage one or two. We love to hear from you,\u00a0 and it’s important for us to know that our posts don’t just disappear into the ether ……. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We’ll publish the answers at the end of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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. Here’s an example to get you started: Clue: All roads lead there = Via…<\/p>\n

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