“Izwe lethu namuhla lisengozini yokubonwa njengelidala, hhayi elakudala”

Yebo, iColosseum, uphawu oluhle kakhulu lweDolobha Laphakade, iyaqhubeka iheha izigidi zezivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba.

Kanjalo neVenice, nama-gondola ayo, neziqongo eziyinqaba zeDolomite Alps eNingizimu yeTirol.

Imboni yezokuvakasha yase-Italy ingenisa ngaphezu kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-156 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-A258) ngonyaka futhi iqasha oyedwa kwayisishiyagalolunye wamaNtaliyane. Kodwa akukhona konke okuhle ezweni la dolce vita.

Ngenkathi imakethe yezokuvakasha yomhlaba ithokozela ukukhula okuqinile, izinzuzo zase-Italy bezinciphile kamuva nje. AmaNtaliyane athi isithunzi sezwe lawo singcolile.

“Izwe lethu namuhla lisengozini yokubhekwa njengelidala, hhayi elivamile, nanjengendawo yokulahla imfucumfucu, hhayi insimu yaseYurophu,” kubhala ngokungagwegwesi iphephandaba lansuku zonke laseRoma i-Repubblica.

Isithombe sika-Bella Italia siye saba mnyama ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula ngaphansi kokusakazwa kwabezindaba kokuthungatha izintaba zikadoti eNaples, iwayini elixutshiwe, ne-mozzarella engcoliswe yi-dioxin.

Izibalo ezishicilelwe yi-Touring Club Italiano (TCI), okuyinhlangano kazwelonke egqugquzela ezokuvakasha, zikhombisa ukuthi ukuwa kwezwe akuyona into entsha. Ingqwele yomhlaba yezokuvakasha ngo-1970 ngokwesibalo sezivakashi, i-Italy isiye yehla yaya endaweni yesihlanu.

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