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Italian worker in the 1960s beside a Fiat 500, with a factory and an urban suburb in the background
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crazyforitaly 10/01/2026 15 min read History and Heritage Free

Italy’s Economic Miracle: How a Poor Country Became an Industrial Power

In little more than a decade, Italy moved from post-war reconstruction and widespread poverty to rapid industrialisation. The so-called economic miracle grew out of international aid, European integration, public and private investment, and vast internal migration. It changed consumption, cities and...
Post-war Italy Internal migration Italian history Industrialisation Economic miracle
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Realistic view of late antique Ravenna, with a Roman official, a senator and soldiers in fifth-century dress
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crazyforitaly 09/01/2026 15 min read History and Heritage Free

Rome Did Not Fall in a Day: What Really Happened at the End of the Western Roman Empire

The year 476 marked the deposition of Romulus Augustulus and the end of the Western Roman emperor resident in Italy, not the instant disappearance of Rome. Imperial power had already been weakened by fiscal problems, lost provinces, war and internal struggles. Under Odoacer and after him, Roman law,...
Romulus Augustulus Ancient Rome 476 Roman Empire Odoacer
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Symbolic view of Italy linking Turin, Rome, Naples, Milan and Trieste through railway lines, local scenes and historical maps
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crazyforitaly 08/01/2026 15 min read History and Heritage Free

Why Italy Became a State Only in 1861 — and Still Does Not Feel Like a Single Country

Italy existed long before 1861 as a geographical space and a cultural civilisation, but not as a single state. Political unification created a kingdom, not an instant national community. Language, school, migration, the Church, regional inequalities and local loyalties all shaped a slower and unfini...
Italian history Regionalism Risorgimento Italian unification Italian identity
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Italians around the world: beyond AIRE, migration, descendants and new mobility
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crazyforitaly 02/01/2026 12 min read History and Heritage Free

Italians Abroad: AIRE, Emigration, Oriundi and New Mobilities

Over 6.4 million Italian citizens live abroad and are registered in the AIRE, but the Italian diaspora is far larger. This article distinguishes between those who emigrated from Italy, those born abroad, and the oriundi — people of Italian descent — tracing migration from the Middle Ages to contempo...
AIRE Italians abroad Italian emigration Oriundi Little Italy
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