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The emergence of the cultural idea of Italian food is closely associated with the unification of Italy in 1871 ... interests are invested in the concept of the Mediterranean diet.

Italy has a complicated relationship with its fascist past, now under greater scrutiny as Giorgia Meloni, a hard-right politician with a teenage past as a Mussolini fan, was sworn in as prime ...

We were frozen in 1540 and remained that way until the unification of Italy. Now we have a completely authentic medieval city, so now it’s an advantage.” The other thing Perugia is famous for?