THE WALL OF ITALY: are you from the EAST or the WEST?

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