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" Fratelli d italia"

Il Canto degli Italiani (The Chant of the Italians) is the Italian national anthem. It is best known among Italians as L'Inno di Mameli (Mameli's Hymn) and often referred to as Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), from its opening line.

The words were written in the autumn of 1847 in Genoa, by the then 20-year-old student and patriot Goffredo Mameli, in a climate of popular struggle for unification and independence of Italy which foreshadowed the war against Austria.

Two months later, they were set to music in Turin by another Genoese, Michele Novaro. The hymn enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the period of the Risorgimento and in the following decades.

After unification (1861) the adopted national anthem was the Marcia Reale, the Royal March (or Fanfara Reale), official hymn of the royal house of Savoy composed in 1831 to order of Carlo Alberto di Savoia. The Marcia Reale remained the Italian national anthem until the birth of the republic.

Giuseppe Verdi, in his Inno delle Nazioni (Hymn of the Nations), composed for the London International Exhibition of 1862, chose Il Canto degli Italiani and not the Marcia Reale to represent Italy, putting it beside God Save the Queen and the Marseillaise.

In 1946 Italy became a republic, and on October 12, 1946, Il Canto degli Italiani was provisionally chosen as the country's new national anthem. This choice was made official in law only on November 17, 2005, almost 60 years later.

English translation: Brothers of Italy, Italy has awoken, with Scipio's helmet binding her head. Where is Victory? Let her bow down,[2] For God has made her Rome's slave. CHORUS: Let us join in a cohort, We are ready to die.[3] We are ready to die, Italy has called. Let us join in a cohort, We are ready to die. We are ready to die, Italy has called! We were for centuries Downtrodden and derided, because we are not one people, because we are divided. Let one flag, one hope gather us all. The hour has struck for us to join together. CHORUS Let us unite and love one another, Union and love Show the people The way of the Lord. Let us swear to free Our native soil; United under God, Who can defeat us? CHORUS From the Alps to Sicily, Legnano is everywhere; Every man has the heart and hand of Ferruccio The children of Italy Are all called Balilla; Every trumpet blast sounds the Vespers. CHORUS Mercenary swords, they're feeble reeds. The Austrian eagle Has already lost its plumes. The blood of Italy and the Polish blood It drank, along with the Cossack, But it burned its heart. CHORUS

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[sublimeaudio]

I love your food, I love your language, I love your football, I love you ITALY :)

[Jim Noakes]

No Italy, no civilised west!

[WhiteTurkishdude]

Love to Italians from Turk! :)

[camred123]

You know there were civilizations before Rome right?

[Legilimentable]

I can't help but enthusiastically whistle along. Buona sera from Germany!

[Soultek25]

But no Roman Empire (Which was based in Italy) no civilized Iberia (Spain and Portugal). Actually, no "civilized" Western Europe period. At least not in the modern sense. So no Roman Empire, no "civilized" West in the way we know it. "Where is Victory? Let her bow down, for God has made her Rome's slave."

[undertortoise]

Considering the current standard of living in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, I don't think I would mind living in a country colonized by the vikings, who also were aware of America's existence. Also, calling native North Americans barbarians is a hell of a stretch.

[Manu Ita]

America owes its name to the Italian Navigator Amerigo Vespucci, if there had not been the Italy at this time we'd all barbarians.

[camred123]

Actually, there would. Columbus only discovered the Bahamas. Not North America. The Vikings discovered North America. And the Spanish were the first to set up a permanent settlement in North America. So no Spain, no civilized west.

[bittersweetcum]

You should teach me Italian, and I will teach you English!

[Stephanie Fennell]

I love Italy but I gotta say... Sounds a little like they roll over all the time. I like the way it sounds but that's just what I'm going on from English lyrics...

[14Aggressive88]

Presumo che sei favorevole all'immigrazione e a te non importa se i tuoi amici immigrati girano per strada con piccone in mano e ammazzano delle persone inermi! Probabilmente l'uomo nero esce dal carcere?? e te lo ritrovi in tv ricco e famoso! Questa è l'Italia!! Ragazza apri gli occhi invece delle.............