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Btw, the political correct name for the Italian town in the video is "Franzensfeste" and not "Fortezza". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franzensfeste https://en.
by andix 5y ago
Btw, the political correct name for the Italian town in the video is "Franzensfeste" and not "Fortezza". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franzensfeste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franzensfeste
It is located in the German speaking part of Italy called South Tyrol. There have never been a lot of Italian speaking inhabitants in this region, and the Italian names of the towns have been given by Italian fascists. So people living there don't like them very much.
- acifani 5y agoFranzensfeste was chosen by fascists as well, according to the Italian Wikipedia page. The previous name was Mezzaselva all'Isarco/Mittewald am Eisack. Italian people used to be the majority (~60% in the '60s) down to ~40% now, which is still a significant number.