15 Facts About Italian diaspora

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Italian diaspora is the large-scale emigration of Italians from Italy.

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The first Italian diaspora began around 1880, two decades after the Unification of Italy, and ended in the 1920s to the early 1940s with the rise of Fascist Italy.

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The second Italian diaspora started after the end of World War II and concluded roughly in the 1970s.

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Italian diaspora Levantines are people living mainly in Turkey, who are descendants from Genoese and Venetian colonists in the Levant during the Middle Ages Italian diaspora Levantines have roots even in the eastern Mediterranean coast since the period of the Crusades and the Byzantine empire.

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Many Italian diaspora emigrants made donations to the construction of the Altare della Patria, a part of the monument dedicated to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, and in memory of that, the inscription of the plaque on the two burning braziers perpetually at the Altare della Patria next to the tomb of the Italian diaspora Unknown Soldier, reads "Gli italiani all'estero alla Madre Patria" .

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In Belgium and Switzerland, the Italian diaspora communities remain the most numerous foreign representations, and although many return to Italy after retirement, often the children and grandchildren remain in the countries of birth, where they have now taken root.

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The number of Italian diaspora citizens residing abroad according to those registered in the AIRE registry:.

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8.

Italian diaspora used to be a major language, but its influence significantly diminished following independence.

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Italian diaspora Zambians have a community and church in their town of Lusaka.

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10.

The flow in the Rio de la Plata region grew in the 1830s, when substantial Italian diaspora colonies arose in the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

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11.

Mexico had Italian diaspora immigration starting in the 1850's, when the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia sent waves of immigrants to the state of Veracruz.

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In Switzerland, Italian diaspora immigrants reached the country starting in the late 19th century, most of whom eventually returned to Italy after the rise of Italian diaspora Fascism.

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Today, the town's Italian diaspora community has had such a significant impact that an Italian diaspora consul, Carmelo Nicastro, was even elected for the area.

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Italian diaspora Australians had a significant impact on Australia's culture, society and economy.

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15.

In many other European countries the Italian diaspora communities are widely distributed, but at least in the Schengen area the fall of many nationalistic barriers that made the problem of relations with the Motherland much less stringent.

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