Now it’s your turn.
So, this is kind of a silly “popularity contest” between cities! I’m using it for “experience points”, also.

When you have a few free minutes, list ALL the Italian cities whose name you remember in your comment.

You’ll have two options to do that:

1) Take this survey on this website (anonymous and registration-free, with a couple of questions more): [https://www.opinionstage.com/ascanio-provenzale/italian-cities-s-popularity-contest-2022-edition2](https://www.opinionstage.com/ascanio-provenzale/italian-cities-s-popularity-contest-2022-edition2)

2) Write that down on a comments (see instructions below)

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\*\*\*If the Italian users want to play, they can take the online survey, but they must specify their nationality. Maybe it simpler to write a comment on this post.

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*Prizes will be awarded to the various cities (eg. “most mentioned”, “most obscure one to get mentioned”, “nobodylovesyou” etc.) !*

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I ask you to include in your posts:

Your (COUNTRY)

If you want and you don’t risk to be fired/dumped/murdered, next to the names of the cities, the (REASON) why you know them.

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An example:

FLORENCE (ART)

ANZIO (HISTORY)

CATANIA (I HATE HORSES AND I EAT THEIR MEAT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK)

Thanks to everyone who will participate in this bizarre project!

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6 comments

  1. florence (beautiful)

    rome (its rome)

    venice (canals)

    trst (it’s rightful slovene land)

    gorica (also rightful slovene land)

    genova (genova dictator to do list was made there)

    milano (not sure but i know it)

    pisa (tower)

    thats probably all that i know

  2. * Trieste (common knowledge, near the Slovenian border)
    * Gorizia (near the Slovenian border)
    * Pontebba (near the Slovenian border, used to be on the border between Italy and Austria-Hungary)
    * Monfalcone (near the Slovenian border)
    * Cividale (near the Slovenian border)
    * Udine (near the Slovenian border)
    * Cormons (near the Slovenian border)
    * Brescia (steel and arms industry)
    * Padua (my cousin studies there)
    * Milano (common knowledge)
    * Vicenza (I don’t know)
    * Verona (I don’t know)
    * Genoa (history; important maritime republic)
    * La Spezia (naval base, mentioned in movie Das Boot)
    * Cremona (I don’t know)
    * Cerignola (history; first battle to be decided by firearms)
    * Pavia (history; Italian wars)
    * Anzio (history; WW2 Allied landings)
    * Salerno (history; WW2 Allied landings)
    * Bari (history; important port in WW2)
    * Taranto (history; naval base, British carrier raid in WW2)
    * Gela (history; Allied landings in WW2)
    * Messina (history; Axis evacuate Sicily through there)
    * Otranto (Strait of Otranto)
    * Ortona (history; famous battle in WW2)
    * Cassino (history; bombing of monastery in WW2)
    * Caltanisetta (a brigade serving on the Isonzo Front was named after the town)
    * Gardone val Trompia (firearms industry, I own two Tanfoglio pistols built there)
    * Pisa (leaning tower)
    * Venezia (common knowledge, history; important maritime republic)
    * Firenze (history, art)
    * Asiago (hockey club, history; captured during Strafexpedition in WW1)
    * Arsiero (history; captured during Strafexpedition during WW1)
    * Foggia (history; Allied air base in WW2)
    * Aviano (air base)
    * Tarvisio (near the Slovenian border, often visited the market)
    * Treviso (sounds similar to Tarvisio)
    * Bolzano (capital of South Tyrol)
    * Salo (history; capital of Salo Republic)
    * Palermo (history)
    * Napoli (common knowledge)
    * Aquileia (history; see of diocese or something like that)
    * Cannae (history; one of Rome’s worst defeats)
    * Trento (history; ceded to Italy after WW1)
    * Bergamo (airport, Covid-19)
    * Torino (olympic games)
    * Piacenza (I don’t know)
    * Modena (Ferrari)
    * Bologna (common knowledge)
    * Ravenna (history; capital of Ostrogothic empire)
    * Terni (firearms industry)
    * Brindisi (WW2-related, can’t remember)
    * Catanzaro (a brigade serving on the Isonzo Front was named after the town)
    * Syracuse (history; Greek colony, Archimedes)
    * Catania (beacuse you mentioned it)

  4. Rim /Roma
    Benetke /Venezia
    Trbiž /Tarvisio
    Trst /Trieste
    Gorica /Gorizia
    Milano
    Palermo
    Sesto al Reghena
    Portogruaro
    Gruaro
    Sanremo
    Bologna
    Opčine /Opicina
    Neapelj /Napoli
    Verona
    Padova
    Torino
    Genova
    Mantova
    Čedad /Cividale del Friuli
    Firence /Firenze
    Gradež /Grado
    Oglej /Aquileia
    Treviso
    Tarquinia
    Ventimiglia
    Trento
    Siracusa
    Cortina d’Ampezzo
    Predazzo
    Pisa
    Salerno
    Videm /Udine
    Vinci 😉
    Edit:+Ravenna

  5. Muggia, Trieste, Duino, Sistiana, Monfalcone, Villesse, Palmanova, Pordenone, Grado, Udine, Gorizia, Tolmezzo, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Forni di sopra, Tarvisio, Treviso, Padova, Venezia, Verona, Brescia, Bolzano, Brunico, San Vigilio, La Villa, San Cassiano, Brennero, Milano, Como, Varese, Monza, Imola, Bergamo, Torino, Cuneo, Sanremo, Genova, La Spezia, L’Acquila, Alessandria, Asti, Livorno, Firenze, Lucca, Sassuolo, Frosinone, Reggio Emilia, Perugia, Parma, Rimini, Bologna, Catanzaro, Foggia, Roma, Napoli, Salerno, Pisa, Lecce, Brindisi, Bari, Benevento, Catania, Messina, Palermo, Cagliari, Siracusa, Enna, Sassari, Reggio Calabria, Fiumicino, Latina, Livigno, Legnano, Cremona, Casareggio, Siena, Cesena, Pescara, Ascoli, Crotone, Modena, Cosenza, Ferrara, Marsala, Agrigento, Alghero Arezzo, Pontevecchio, Civitavecchia, Mantova, Ravenna, Carrara, Piacenza, Aosta

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