Milan, Rome, Florence, Turin, Venice, Naples: do you think they are only in Italy? Well, you are wrong! There are several cities with Italian names in the world, distributed mainly in the countries where it has been greater immigration of our compatriots, but also elsewhere. Let's see which are the most important and where they are located.
Cities with Italian names in the world: Rome and Milan the United States
Let's start with Roma. There is one, obviously called Rome, in Georgia, which has a close link with Italy. At the end of the 100s Mussolini gave him a statue of Romulus and Remus, the two children of destiny suckled by the she-wolf. Placed in front of the building that houses the town hall, it struck the inhabitants of the city not so much for the political message, but for the nakedness thus exposed. If Rome is the city of XNUMX churches, here too there are many, including one dedicated to St. Peter, and religion has an important weight in the life of the community.
Milano it is located in Ohio instead, on the northern border of the country. Famous because Thomas Alva Edison was born there, one of the most prolific inventors of all time. We know him for the light bulb, but his genius gave us the batteries, a competitor in the cinema, the rubber, the phonograph and many other inventions. Here is still his house, today transformed into a museum.
Cities with Italian names in the world: Venice, Naples, Palermo and Verona
Venezia, or rather Venice, is instead in the sun. Founded at the beginning of the twentieth century as a small independent center on the edge of Los Angeles, today it is a neighborhood that is part of the city. It is most famous for being the home of Snapchat and one of Google, as well as being a very expensive residential area.
On the other side of the country is Naples, or Napoli, Florida. Until a few years ago it was the American city that hosted the most millionaires per square meter. The majority of American tomatoes have always been grown and harvested here.
In North Dakota it is located Palermo. It is a very small town with a hundred inhabitants. Nothing remarkable to report except its squalor. Also Verona found a namesake in New Jersey. Here there is still a large community of Italian origin. In fact this is the place where they selected the extras for the Godfather and the Sopranos were born.
Cities with Italian names in the world: the others
There are many more of Rome in the world than the one described. In addition to twelve others in the United States alone, one is in Indonesia, one in Africa (in Lesotho), two in Ecuador. The furthest is in Queensland, Australia.
There are thirteen others in Milan. Including Nova Milano in Brazil, which is located near Nova Brescia and next to Mantua. Mantua is the Latin name of Mantova. A tribute therefore to the literary culture expressed by his most famous son, Virgilio, more than a reference to the presence of Italians on the spot. There are eight in the United States, one in Cuba and three in Brazil.
There are also many Naples outside the United States, especially in Central (Mexico) and South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador), in the Philippines and in Gambia. Closer to us, two other namesake are in Greece. There are also very many GenoVa in several North American states, as well as one in Guatemala. Torino has no namesake in the United States. But it is present in Eastern Europe (Bosnia, Croatia, Belarus), Colombia, Costa Rica, Salvador, Haiti and El Salvador. Of Florence there are about thirty of them, mostly in the United States. Venice is perhaps the one with the most homonymous, 97.
