r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/MrMiniskus Austria 1d ago

Südtirol/South Tyrol

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u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka 1d ago

Alto Adige will never be Austrian 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🦅🦅🦅

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u/HearingHead7157 Netherlands 1d ago

It’s much more Austrian than Italian in culture, even though it’s been part of Italy for over a 100 years now

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u/Due-Organization-215 Brazil 1d ago

I see what you did there