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Re:EU is building an $11B tunnel connecting Scandinavia to I... by andix on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:09AM (#31001481)
Btw, the political correct name for the Italian town in the video is "Franzensfeste" and not "Fortezza". 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.

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Re:EU is building an $11B tunnel connecting Scandinavia to I... by acifani on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:24AM (#31001632)
Franzensfeste 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.

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