The real wall that divides Italy is not between north and south: it’s between east and west. Let’s see what the differences are
THE WALL OF ITALY: are you from the EAST or the WEST?
Where does the wall of Italy pass?
Although we imagine the Italian “Boot” descending from north to south, it actually goes East. So goes the wall that divides the country in two. It runs from northwest to southeast. It cuts Milan in two halfs, touches Bologna, runs along the Apennines and ends on the Basilicata’s beaches. On one side the westerners, on the other the easterners.
# Population characteristics: East is more autonomous, west eats better
In the east they are more active (they wake up at dawn), in the west they are more sleepy.
In the west they are statist (Rome, Turin, Calabria, Sicily, Tuscany), in the east they are secessionists.
In the west they are rougher, in the east they are more naive.
Food: in the west they eat better, it’s called “magna magna”.
In the east they are taller, in the west they are fatter.
# Sea: sand in the east, rocks in the west
East
West
# Tourism: east mass, west elitist
East
West
# Tourists: to the east the Germans, to the west… guess what?
East
West
# Political believes
East
West
# Island symbol
East
West
# The River
East
West
# Mount
East
West
# Lake
East
West
# Capital City
East
West
# Locked Project
East
West
# Visionary project
East
West
# Monument
East
West
# The oldest artifact
East
West
# The most important historical fact
East
West
# Typical things
Things in the east
freedom, nature, mass tourism, great beaches.
Things in the west
monuments, art cities, islands, soccer championship
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LAURA LIONTI
