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The northern Italian city famed for its slowly simmered red-wine risotto is fed up with kebabs and fried fast food.
A ruling came into effect in the city of Verona this week prohibiting the openings of any new restaurants offering mostly "ethnic" or deep-fried food.
?Thanks to this provision there will be no more openings of establishments that sell food prepared in a way that could impact the decorum of our city,? said Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi, who was elected as an independent after breaking from the far-right Northern League party he adhered to for years.
?This protects not only our historic and architectural patrimony of the city centre, but also the tradition of typical culture of the Verona territory.?
In the land of creamy cheese-smothered polenta and slow-cooked duck ragu, Middle Eastern kebabs, Greek gyros and take-away deep fried food typical of southern Italy are the unwelcome newcomers, an apparent culinary stain on the Verona?s cultural heritage.
Shakespeare set the story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet here in this quaint and romantic city, which boasts a stunning Roman amphitheater and 2,000 years of history, hence its designation on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Despite apparent growing demand for late-night kebabs, the city has been coordinating with the local diocese for years on a strict management plan to safeguard its Italian cultural values and traditions.
It is not alone. So-called ?Unesco laws? are under consideration in a number of Italy?s top tourist destinations as local residents have become increasingly flustered by immigrant-run take-out eateries, service points and trinket shoppes they complain degrade their neighbourhoods.
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Critics, however, say some proposals supposedly aimed at protecting Italian heritage effectively discriminate against Italy?s growing immigrant population, especially the country?s 1.6 million Muslims.
Earlier this week, Italy?s highest court nullified a regional law in Lombardy regulating religious buildings, which made it harder to construct mosques. With only six official mosques in the country, hundreds of make-shift ?garage mosques? have cropped up as unofficial places of Islamic worship.
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we should regulate mosques here in the USA
they are getting stupid building these
they will overtake America if we continue this
A ruling came into effect in the city of Verona this week prohibiting the openings of any new restaurants offering mostly "ethnic" or deep-fried food.
?Thanks to this provision there will be no more openings of establishments that sell food prepared in a way that could impact the decorum of our city,? said Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi, who was elected as an independent after breaking from the far-right Northern League party he adhered to for years.
?This protects not only our historic and architectural patrimony of the city centre, but also the tradition of typical culture of the Verona territory.?
In the land of creamy cheese-smothered polenta and slow-cooked duck ragu, Middle Eastern kebabs, Greek gyros and take-away deep fried food typical of southern Italy are the unwelcome newcomers, an apparent culinary stain on the Verona?s cultural heritage.
Shakespeare set the story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet here in this quaint and romantic city, which boasts a stunning Roman amphitheater and 2,000 years of history, hence its designation on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Despite apparent growing demand for late-night kebabs, the city has been coordinating with the local diocese for years on a strict management plan to safeguard its Italian cultural values and traditions.
It is not alone. So-called ?Unesco laws? are under consideration in a number of Italy?s top tourist destinations as local residents have become increasingly flustered by immigrant-run take-out eateries, service points and trinket shoppes they complain degrade their neighbourhoods.
? Verona commissions replica 'Juliet' statue after one too many brushes with tourists
Critics, however, say some proposals supposedly aimed at protecting Italian heritage effectively discriminate against Italy?s growing immigrant population, especially the country?s 1.6 million Muslims.
Earlier this week, Italy?s highest court nullified a regional law in Lombardy regulating religious buildings, which made it harder to construct mosques. With only six official mosques in the country, hundreds of make-shift ?garage mosques? have cropped up as unofficial places of Islamic worship.
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we should regulate mosques here in the USA
they are getting stupid building these
they will overtake America if we continue this
