{"id":15264,"date":"2017-12-08T12:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=15264"},"modified":"2017-12-08T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:47:38","slug":"history-in-a-map-the-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/history-in-a-map-the-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"History In A Map – The Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the solutions to our\u00a0History In A Map<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> quiz. Well done everyone who had a go. Now let’s see how many you got right?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Every Italian town map is a little history lesson. In this segment of Pontremoli, for example, we can find: Via Roma, Piazza Unit\u00e0 d’Italia, Via Guglielmo Marconi, Via Cavalieri di Vittorio Veneto, and Via IV Novembre. \u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\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 = Viale Verdi<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*N.B. When names of streets, squares and so on include a date, it is always written in Roman numerals.<\/em><\/p>\n

We hope you enjoyed this quiz. Hopefully you also learned something new about Italy’s history.<\/p>\n

A presto!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Here are the solutions to our\u00a0History In A Map quiz. Well done everyone who had a go. Now let’s see how many you got right? 1. Clue: famous 19th Century composer of operas, from Busseto, near Parma. One of his pieces, “Va’ pensiero”, is considered the unofficial Italian anthem = Viale Verdi 2. Clue: a…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":15265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[351076,474329],"class_list":["post-15264","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-famous-italians","tag-italian-street-names"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t