List of cultural icons of Italy
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The List of cultural icons of Italy is a list of links to potential cultural icons of Italy.[1][2]
Art[]
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Sandro Botticelli
- Caravaggio
- Donatello
- Fra Angelico
- Pietro Cascella[3]
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Giotto
- Luciano Fabro[4]
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Raphael
- Leonardo da Vinci,[5][6][7] Mona Lisa
- Michelangelo, David[8]
- Tintoretto
- Titian[9][10]
Buildings[]
- Arena di Verona[11][12]
- Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
- Castel Nuovo, Naples
- Colosseum[13][14]
- Duomo di Milano
- Faro di Genova
- Grand Canal (Venice)
- Mole Antonelliana, Turin
- Palazzo Madama, Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome
- Ponte Vecchio, Florence
- St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican
- Sistine Chapel, Vatican
- Tower of Pisa[15]
- Two Towers, Bologna
Dress and fashion[]
- Armani[16]
- Benetton
- Roberto Cavalli
- Dolce & Gabbana
- Ferragamo[17]
- Gianfranco Ferré[18]
- Gucci
- Kiton
- Krizia
- Luxottica
- Prada
- Pucci[19]
- Valentino
- Versace[20]
- Zegna
Emblems[]
- Flag of Italy, (Il Tricolore, bandiera italiana)
- "Il Canto degli Italiani", (Inno di Mameli)
- Italia Turrita, national personification of Italy
- Emblem of Italy, emblem of Italy
- Stella d’Italia, white five-tip star that for many centuries represented the Italian land
- Coccarda italiana tricolore, Italian tricolor cockade
- Stendardo presidenziale italiano, banner of the President of Italy
- Altare della Patria, Altar of the Motherland
- Festa della Repubblica, the Italian National Day and Republic Day
- Corbezzolo, national plant
Festivals, holidays[]
- Agriturismo
- Calcio storico
- Carnival of Venice
- Ferragosto
- Varia di Palmi, Palmi
- Palio di Siena[21]
- , Venice[22]
- Sanremo Music Festival
Food and beverages[]
- Arancini[23]
- Cannoli[24]
- Cappuccino[25]
- Espresso
- Lasagna[26]
- Olive oil[27]
- Parma ham
- Parmigiano
- Pasta[26]
- Pizza[28]
- Polenta[29]
- Salami[30]
- Spaghetti[26]
- Wine
History and legend[]
- Ancient Rome
- Camillo Cavour
- Etruscans
- Giuseppe Garibaldi[31]
- Italian Renaissance
- Risorgimento
Industry, science[]
- Agnelli family[32]
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini
- Enrico Fermi[33]
- Leonardo Fibonacci
- Galileo Galilei[34]
- Rita Levi-Montalcini
- Guglielmo Marconi[35][36]
- Antonio Meucci
- Alessandro Volta
- Leonardo da Vinci
Literature, comics, press[]
- Dante Alighieri[37]
- Gabriele d'Annunzio
- Ludovico Ariosto
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Giordano Bruno
- Italo Calvino
- Giosuè Carducci
- Corriere della Sera
- Grazia Deledda
- Divina Commedia*
- Umberto Eco
- Dario Fo[38]
- Giacomo Leopardi
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Alessandro Manzoni
- Francesco Petrarca
- Luigi Pirandello[39]
- Salvatore Quasimodo
- La Stampa
- Italo Svevo
- Torquato Tasso
- Giuseppe Ungaretti
Music[]
- Tomaso Albinoni,[40] Arena di Verona[41]
- Vincenzo Bellini, Luciano Berio, Luigi Boccherini, Andrea Bocelli,[42] Ferruccio Busoni
- Cantautore, "Il Canto degli Italiani", Canzone Napoletana, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Adriano Celentano, Luigi Cherubini, Domenico Cimarosa, Arcangelo Corelli, Franco Corelli, Paolo Conte
- Fabrizio De André, Francesco De Gregori, Gaetano Donizetti, Lucio Dalla
- Ivano Fossati, Florentine Camerata
- Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Gobbi, Francesco Guccini
- Goblin
- Italian opera
- Italo disco[43]
- Lacuna Coil
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Pietro Mascagni, Gian Carlo Menotti, Mina, Domenico Modugno,[44] Claudio Monteverdi, Ennio Morricone
- Luigi Nono
- 'O sole mio[45]
- Niccolo Paganini, Giovanni Palestrina, Luciano Pavarotti,[46] Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Maurizio Pollini, Giacomo Puccini[47]
- Ottorino Respighi, Gioacchino Rossini, Nino Rota
- Sanremo Music Festival, La Scala, Alessandro Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti, Renata Scotto, Giuseppe di Stefano[48]
- Renata Tebaldi, Arturo Toscanini
- Umbria Jazz Festival
- Venice Festival of Contemporary Music, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Vivaldi[49]
People[]
- Agnelli family, Giulio Andreotti, Giorgio Armani, Massimo d'Azeglio
- Giacomo Agostini[50]
- Benetton family, Roberto Benigni, Enrico Berlinguer, Silvio Berlusconi,[51]
- Gino Bartali[52]
- Camillo Benso di Cavour, Christopher Columbus
- Fausto Coppi[52]
- Federico Fellini, Enzo Ferrari, Michele Ferrero
- Galileo Galilei, Valentino Garavani,[53] Giuseppe Garibaldi,[31] Alcide De Gasperi
- John XXIII
- Marco Pantani[54]
- Leonardo da Vinci, Sophia Loren
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, Aldo Moro,[55] Benito Mussolini[56]
- Padre Pio,[57] Romano Prodi,[58] Emilio Pucci, Miuccia Prada[19]
- Valentino Rossi[59]
- Saint Francis, Vittorio De Sica
- Palmiro Togliatti
Places[]
- Adriatic Sea, Amalfi, Ancona, Aosta Valley, Apennine Mountains, Arezzo
- Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia[60][61]
- Calabria, Capri, Catania, Como
- Elba, Emilia-Romagna, Mount Etna[62][63]
- Ferrara, Florence, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Genoa
- Ionian Sea
- La Spezia, Lake Como, Lake Garda, Lazio, Liguria, Ligurian Sea, Livorno, Lombardy, Lucca
- Mantua, Marche, Mediterranean Sea, Messina, Milan, Modena
- Naples
- Padua, Palatine Hill,[64] Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pisa
- Ravenna, Rimini, Rome
- Sanremo, Sardinia, Sicily, Siena,[21] Sorrento, South Tyrol, St Mark's Square,[65] Stromboli
- Trentino, Trento, Treviso, Trieste, Turin, Tuscany, Tyrrhenian Sea
- Udine, Umbria
- Veneto, Venice,[66][67][68] Verona, Vesuvius,[69] Vicenza
Shopping, money[]
- Lira
- La Rinascente
Sport[]
- Mille Miglia[61][70][71][72]
- Palio di Siena[21]
- Calcio[73]
- Juventus F.C.[74][75]
- Targa Florio[76]
- Italian national football team[77]
Television, radio, film, theatre[]
- Michelangelo Antonioni,[78] Dario Argento
- Roberto Benigni,[79] Bernardo Bertolucci, Rossano Brazzi
- Claudia Cardinale, Liliana Cavani, Cinecittà,[80] Commedia dell'arte,[81][82]
- Eleonora Duse
- Federico Fellini, Gabriele Ferzetti, Dario Fo[81][82]
- Luca Guadagnino
- Italian futurism, Italian neorealism
- Alberto Sordi
- Vittorio Gassman
- Sergio Leone, Virna Lisi, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren
- Anna Magnani, Silvana Mangano, Elsa Martinelli, Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, Mario Monicelli, Nanni Moretti, Ornella Muti
- Ermanno Olmi
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ugo Pirro,[83] Moana Pozzi
- RAI, Raiuno, Raidue, Raitre, Franca Rame, Dino Risi,[84] Alice Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini,[85] Eleonora Rossi Drago[86]
- Vittorio de Sica
- Ugo Tognazzi, Giuseppe Tornatore
- Rudolph Valentino, Alida Valli, Venice Film Festival,[87] Luchino Visconti, Monica Vitti
- Lina Wertmüller
Transport[]
- Agusta, Alitalia,[88] Ansaldo, Aprilia, Azimuth
- Alfa Romeo[89]
- Beretta,
- Bianchi (particularly in Celeste blue with Campagnolo components)[54]
- Bottecchia
- Cinelli[90]
- Colnago[91]
- Ducati[92]
- Ferretti
- Fiat
- Ferrari,[96]
- Campagnolo (particularly on Italian bikes)[54]
- Lamborghini[99]
- Lambretta
- Lancia
- Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
- Malpensa International Airport, Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Maserati
- Moto Guzzi
- MV Agusta[92]
- Navigli
- Piaggio, Pendolino
- Pininfarina,[102]
- Riva Aquarama
- Vespa
See also[]
- Culture of Italy
- Cultural icon
- List of cultural icons of England
- List of cultural icons of France
- List of cultural icons of Germany
- List of cultural icons of Japan
- List of cultural icons of the Netherlands
- List of cultural icons of Russia
- List of cultural icons of Scotland
- List of cultural icons of Spain
- List of cultural icons of Ukraine
- List of cultural icons of Wales
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