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Italophilia
Admiration, general appreciation or love of Italy, its culture, society, arts and people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Italophilia is the admiration, appreciation or emulation of Italy, its people, culture and its contributions to Western civilization.[2][3][4] Its opposite is Italophobia.[5]
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Italophilia may overlap with Romanophilia as an appreciation of Italy's pre-Medieval history, namely Ancient Rome.