Comments on: Funny Italian Street Names

By: Danilo Poccia

Danilo Poccia — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:53:21 +0000

From http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/18_dicembre (December 18th) – In 1922 in Turin, near the Porta Susa Station, Fascists attack squads killed 11 anti-fascist people, dozens were serious injuried. For three days the authorities did not intervene.
From http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_settembre (December 20th) – In 1870 Italian troops came into Rome through the breach of Porta Pia, thus sanctioning the unification of the country and the end of the temporal power of the Popes.

By: Deirdre Straughan

Deirdre Straughan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:28:26 +0000

These are historic dates in one way or another, it’d be like naming something “4th of July Street” in the US. But I don’t remember what occasions these particular dates refer to. You’ll find a Via Venti Settembre in many Italian towns.

By: mary evans

mary evans — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:54:27 +0000

Does anyone know why there are streets in Turin named after 18th December and 20 September,amongst other dates. Is there a website that gives a list of ‘date-named’ streets in Italy ?

By: Giovanna Montecillo

Giovanna Montecillo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:19:59 +0000

Italian Street Names really are interesting! Thank you for sharing that collection of Funny Italian Street Signs. I had fun reading your post. The names wasn’t intentionally be funny right? It’s just that some tend to be coincidentally funny.

Great post!

By: Jeannine Leopold

Jeannine Leopold — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:09:06 +0000

trying to find out if there is a street called Acanfora?

By: Alessandro Brandoni

Alessandro Brandoni — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:08:09 +0000

Via Senzanome a Bologna.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=via+senzanome+bologna&sll=43.805544,12.943611&sspn=0.115215,0.233459&ie=UTF8&ll=44.490765,11.338105&spn=0.007118,0.014591&z=16&om=1
Simply wonderful