Italia al quadrato

English translation: the quintessence / epitome of Italy

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Italian term or phrase:Italia al quadrato
English translation:the quintessence / epitome of Italy
Entered by: Wendy Streitparth

09:28 Mar 16, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Journalism / Book on interviews of foreign press correspondents on the subject of Italy
Italian term or phrase: Italia al quadrato
In Italia si critica spesso una città in particolare: Napoli. Napoli rappresenta per me l’Italia al quadrato. Si parla frequentemente dei suoi aspetti negativi, come la corruzione e la criminalità organizzata.
Therese Marshall
Italy
Local time: 23:05
the quintessence / epitome of Italy
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Experience the quintessence of Italy
http://www.homeaway.co.uk/p459725vb

Perhaps the secret of him is that his soul was the quintessence of Italy.

http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/29th-november-1941/6/...

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...we adore Le Marche. It really is the epitome of Italy
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/accommodation/p8117374
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 23:05
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3the quintessence / epitome of Italy
Wendy Streitparth
4Italy par excellence
Inter-Tra
3Italy in all its intensity
Shera Lyn Parpia


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the quintessence / epitome of Italy


Explanation:
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Note added at 26 mins (2015-03-16 09:55:03 GMT)
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Experience the quintessence of Italy
http://www.homeaway.co.uk/p459725vb

Perhaps the secret of him is that his soul was the quintessence of Italy.

http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/29th-november-1941/6/...

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Note added at 29 mins (2015-03-16 09:57:38 GMT)
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...we adore Le Marche. It really is the epitome of Italy
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/accommodation/p8117374

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: English
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agree  BrigitteHilgner: "quintessence" was my spontaneous idea, too.
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agree  Giusi N.
21 hrs
  -> Grazie, Giusi

agree  contesei
22 hrs
  -> Grazie, contesei
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Italy in all its intensity


Explanation:
or as in the link below, "magnified, condensed and more intense. "

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http://notizie.tiscali.it/socialnews/Mazzocchi/12668/articol...
Era in aprile e Corrado Augias rispose:"Napoli è un' Italia al quadrato, forse al cubo. Difetti e pregi nazionali vi compaiono amplificati. Un'indiscutibile ingegnosità italiana a Napoli diventa girandola d' invenzioni d'ogni tipo, dalle spiritose alle truffaldine. Una certa nostra impazienza diventa insofferenza per eccesso di reattività nervosa: quaranta secondi al semaforo si trasformano in un tempo insopportabilmente lungo; una sgassata e via. Se c' è negli italiani un fondo anarcoide, come sostiene Eugenio Scalfari, a Napoli è l' anarchia degli individui che imprime un' immagine alla città; la presenza dello Stato, delle sue regole e leggi e carabinieri, è vista come insopportabile fastidio, di più: come prepotenza nei confronti di una quasi illimitata libertà degli individui. I confini che ogni convivenza impone diventano intollerabili, quindi sono aggirati, ignorati.

Introduction in Naples | Frommer's
www.frommers.com › Destinations › Europe › Italy › Campania › Naples
Naples shoots out so many sensations that it takes a while for visitors to know what's hit them. Everything seems a bit more intense in Italy's third-largest city, the ...

Top 5 Travel Attractions of Naples, Italy - - Travel Feeder
www.travelfeeder.com/travel_tips/top-5-travel-attractions-o...
Aug 18, 2010 - From the chaotic traffic to the world famous Neapolitan pizza, everything about life is slightly more intense in Naples. Here's a look at just five of ...

Napoli ever after: Exploring Southern Italy | Qantas Travel ...
travelinsider.qantas.com.au/italy/naples/napoli-ever-after-exploring-sout...
Oct 22, 2013 - Naples is everything Italian, only magnified, condensed and more intense. Even the Italians say, “Don't try to understand the Neapolitans, it'll ...

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Italy par excellence


Explanation:
Una possibile alternativa a quella di Wendy. La sua è già ottima.

represents / symbols ...

Inter-Tra
Italy
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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