https://italysourced.com/ Every claim, with its sourceenSat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000 https://italysourced.com/field-notes/borders-that-make-no-sense/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/borders-that-make-no-sense/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Italian exclaves, tax-free valleys, a republic created by a clerical error, and a national border drawn on melting ice. https://italysourced.com/field-notes/villages-the-state-tried-to-move/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/villages-the-state-tried-to-move/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Matera, Calcata and Roscigno were emptied by law. One of them refused, one is a museum of its own absence, and one became world heritage. https://italysourced.com/field-notes/what-vesuvius-kept/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/what-vesuvius-kept/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Carbonised scrolls read by machine, a brain turned to glass, a private spa for thirty, and a date in every textbook that is probably wrong. https://italysourced.com/field-notes/found-by-accident/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/found-by-accident/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Most of Italy's spectacular archaeology was found by people who were looking for something else entirely. https://italysourced.com/field-notes/the-ground-is-moving/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/the-ground-is-moving/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Campi Flegrei, Etna, the Marmolada and the largest volcano in Europe, which you cannot see from anywhere. https://italysourced.com/field-notes/rules-italians-live-with/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/rules-italians-live-with/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000What Italian towns have actually legislated about visitors, with the numbers. https://italysourced.com/field-notes/things-that-never-stopped/https://italysourced.com/field-notes/things-that-never-stopped/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Continuity in Italy is not nostalgia. In several cases it is a legal entity that has never been dissolved. https://italysourced.com/towns/triora/https://italysourced.com/towns/triora/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Triora, Imperia, Liguria: 419 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/ostana/https://italysourced.com/towns/ostana/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Ostana, Cuneo, Piemonte: 78 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/venzone/https://italysourced.com/towns/venzone/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Venzone, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 1,941 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/compiano/https://italysourced.com/towns/compiano/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Compiano, Parma, Emilia-Romagna: 1,047 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/offida/https://italysourced.com/towns/offida/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Offida, Ascoli Piceno, Marche: 4,569 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/calcata/https://italysourced.com/towns/calcata/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Calcata, Viterbo, Lazio: 905 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/santo-stefano-di-sessanio/https://italysourced.com/towns/santo-stefano-di-sessanio/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Santo Stefano di Sessanio, L'Aquila, Abruzzo: 102 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/sepino/https://italysourced.com/towns/sepino/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Sepino, Campobasso, Molise: 1,815 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/roscigno/https://italysourced.com/towns/roscigno/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Roscigno, Salerno, Campania: 570 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/specchia/https://italysourced.com/towns/specchia/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Specchia, Lecce, Puglia: 4,453 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/castelmezzano/https://italysourced.com/towns/castelmezzano/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Castelmezzano, Potenza, Basilicata: 684 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/stilo/https://italysourced.com/towns/stilo/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Stilo, Reggio Calabria, Calabria: 2,306 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/petralia-soprana/https://italysourced.com/towns/petralia-soprana/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Petralia Soprana, Palermo, Sicilia: 2,807 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/towns/orgosolo/https://italysourced.com/towns/orgosolo/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000Orgosolo, Nuoro, Sardegna: 3,803 residents. Why it is worth the drive, how to get there, when to go, and the honest limits. https://italysourced.com/roots/where-italian-records-live/https://italysourced.com/roots/where-italian-records-live/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000A practical map of Italian civil and parish records by region and period, and what is available free online. https://italysourced.com/roots/what-the-2025-law-changed/https://italysourced.com/roots/what-the-2025-law-changed/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:53:26 +0000The generational limit on Italian citizenship by descent, who is unaffected, and what remains open for descendants who no longer qualify.